Are virtual reference services color blind?

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 501-520

  Shachaf, Pnina ^a   Horowitz, Sarah ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33845313270     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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