Reference in a 3-D virtual world: Preliminary observations on library outreach in "Second Life"

Reference Librarian

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 29-39

  Erdman, Jacquelyn ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative reference; Second Life; Skills transfer; Virtual reference

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748881215     PISSN: 02763877     EISSN: 15411117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J120v47n98_04     Document Type: Article

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