A tool for all places: A web-based reference statistics system

Reference Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 298-315

  Smith, Michael ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Automation; Internet; Reference services; Statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745068451     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907320610669524     Document Type: Review

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