Instruction via Instant Messaging reference: What's happening?

Electronic Library

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 174-189

  Desai, Christina M ^a   Graves, Stephanie J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information literacy; Librarians; Reference services

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; ONLINE CONFERENCING;

BIBLIOGRAPHIC INSTRUCTION; INFORMATION LITERACY; INSTANT MESSAGING; REFERENCE SERVICES; TRANSCRIPT CONTENT;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 33745841142     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640470610660369     Document Type: Article

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