The Convergence of the Twain or Titanic Collision? BI and Reference in the 1990s' Sea of Change

Reference Services Review

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 7-20

  Rettig, James ^a  

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EID: 13844322029     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb049233     Document Type: Review

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