Benchmarking reference desk service in academic health science libraries: A preliminary survey

College and Research Libraries

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 348-353

  Robbins, Kathryn ^a   Daniels, Kathleen ^a  

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EID: 0035535864     PISSN: 00100870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/crl.62.4.348     Document Type: Review

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