Bibliometric analysis to identify core reference sources of virtual reference transactions

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 291-297

  Shachaf, Pnina ^a   Shaw, Debora ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 55949134565     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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