Teknologistudenter och informationshantering : En studie om informationskompetens vid Linköpings Tekniska högskola influerad av grounded theory

Linköping Electronic Articles on Academic Policies and Trends, No. 3

Teknologistudenter och informationshantering

En studie om informationskompetens vid Linköpings Tekniska högskola

influerad av grounded theory

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Linköping Electronic Articles on Academic Policies and Trends, No. 3

Linköping University Electronic Press

Linköping, Sweden, 2002

ISBN 91-7373-401-2

ISSN 1402-0319

www.ep.liu.se/ea/apt/2002/003/

eISSN 1651-3304

Omslag: Peter Berkesand

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