Successful approaches to teaching through chat

New Library World

Volumn 109, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 223-234

  Devlin, Frances ^a   Currie, Lea ^a   Stratton, John ^a  

^a University of Kansas Libraries   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Digital communication systems; Information literacy; Reference services; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449179845     PISSN: 03074803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074800810873579     Document Type: Article

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