Use of the Internet for reference services in Malaysian academic libraries

Online Information Review

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 381-388

  Abdoulaye, Kaba ^a   Majid, Shaheen ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Internet; Librarians; Malaysia; Reference services

Indexed keywords

CD-ROM; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LEARNING SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY;

ACADEMIC LIBRARIES; LIBRARIANS; MALAYSIA; REFERENCE SERVICES;

INTERNET;

EID: 0005726911     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520010357338     Document Type: Review

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