Instant messaging reference: How does it compare?

Electronic Library

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-30+87

  Desai, Christina M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communications technology; Computer software; Digital libraries; Online retrieval; Reference libraries

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL LIBRARIES; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

REFERENCE LIBRARIES;

ONLINE CONFERENCING;

EID: 0037219033     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640470310462380     Document Type: Article

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