The use of electronic mail at the reference desk: Impact of a computer-mediated communication technology on librarian-client interactions

Medical Reference Services Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 17-27

  Schilling Eccles, Katherine ^a   Harzbecker, Joseph J ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN RELATION; LIBRARY; LIBRARY SCIENCE; ONLINE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BOSTON; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIBRARIES, HOSPITAL; LIBRARY AUTOMATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0032247070     PISSN: 02763869     EISSN: 15409597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J115v17n04_02     Document Type: Article

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