Laser lights or dim bulbs? Evaluating reference librarians’ use of electronic sources

Reference Services Review

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-77

  Welch, Jeanie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Databases; Internet; Librarians; Reference libraries; Resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449089105     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907329910261001     Document Type: Article

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