Reference transaction and the nature of the process for general reference assistance

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 357-384

  Alafiatayo, Benjamin O ^a   Yip, Yau J ^b   Blunden Ellis, John C P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030242132     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-8188(96)90005-5     Document Type: Article

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