Cross-cultural Analysis of E-mail Reference

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-253

  Shachaf, Pnina ^a   Meho, Lokman I ^b   Hara, Noriko ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33947694409     PISSN: 00991333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2006.08.010     Document Type: Article

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