HawkHelp: From chat to a student services portal

Internet Reference Services Quarterly

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 81-98

  Burich, Nancy J ^a   Devlin, Frances A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b University of Kansas Libraries   (United States)

Author keywords

Chat; Collaboration; Convey Systems, Inc; Distance learning; Electronic reference; Student services

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047264036     PISSN: 10875301     EISSN: 15404749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J136v09n03_07     Document Type: Article

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