Motivations and uses: Evaluating virtual reference service from the users' perspective

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 350-373

  Pomerantz, Jeffrey ^a   Luo, Lili ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 33748967792     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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