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Catherine Haras
Researcher at California State University, Los Angeles
Publications - 10
Citations - 139
Catherine Haras is an academic researcher from California State University, Los Angeles. The author has contributed to research in topics: Information literacy & Critical literacy. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 8 publications receiving 124 citations.
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Does Business Writing Require Information Literacy
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a commercially available assessment to investigate the relationship between information literacy and the key business communication skill of business writing and found that information literacy scores obtained prior to instruction predicted performance in an undergraduate, upper-division business writing course.
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Information behaviors of Latinos attending high school in East Los Angeles
TL;DR: The authors investigated the information behaviors of Latinos attending high school in East Los Angeles and found that library use and research skills were correlated with access to technology and first-generation Latinos' access to information and digital literacies.
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Is Information Literacy a Public Concern?: A Practice in Search of a Policy
TL;DR: Whether information literacy is a legitimate public interest, and therefore the degree to which it merits a public policy and where such a policy might best be located is considered.
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(Generation 1.5) Latino Students and the Library: A Case Study
TL;DR: This article investigated pre-college (K-12) and present day library use and perceptions of research for 105 U.S.-educated first-year Latino undergraduates (generation 1.5).
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Making the Bridge: Testing a Library Workshop for a Summer Bridge Learning Community.
TL;DR: The John F. Kennedy Memorial Library at California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA) collaborated with the CSULA Student Support Program and the Educational Opportunity Program in an innovative attempt to increase visibility and use of library resources and services by at-risk students enrolled in the 2005 Summer Bridge Program as discussed by the authors.