Reference desk dilemmas: The impact of new demands on librarianship

Reference and User Services Quarterly

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-25

  Knibbe Haanstra, Marcella ^b   Zabel, Diane ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 53949098342     PISSN: 10949054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/rusq.48n1.20     Document Type: Review

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