Reference service in Second Life: An overview

Reference Services Review

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 289-300

  Luo, Lili ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Reference services; Research methods; Video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 50449086745     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907320810895378     Document Type: Review

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