'Let your fingers do the walking': The use of telephone helplines in career information and guidance

British Journal of Guidance and Counselling

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-35

  Watts, A G ^a   Dent, Gareth ^a  

^a National Institute for CEC   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036462404     PISSN: 03069885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/030698880220106492     Document Type: Article

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