Evaluating the drop-in center: A service for undergraduates

Public Services Quarterly

Volumn 2, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 3-18

  Imamoto, Becky ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliographic instruction; College and university students; Evaluation; Information literacy; Reference services; Research consultation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746480198     PISSN: 15228959     EISSN: 15229114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J295v02n02_02     Document Type: Article

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