Instruction via chat reference: Does co-browse help?

Reference Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 340-357

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

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information literacy; Library instruction; Reference services

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747619195     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907320610685300     Document Type: Article

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