Evaluation of chat reference service quality. Pilot study

D-Lib Magazine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  White, Marilyn Domas ^a   Abels, Eileen G ^a   Kaske, Neal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 3042637383     PISSN: 10829873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1045/february2003-white     Document Type: Review

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