User satisfaction with referrals at a collaborative virtual reference service

Information Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 5-20

  Kwon, Nahyun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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