Creating and evaluating a subject-based blog: Planning, implementation, and assessment

Reference Services Review

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 156-166

  Blair, Joanna ^a   Level, Allison V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Assessment; Communication technologies; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 44049102907     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907320810873020     Document Type: Article

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