The problems and potential of MySpace and Facebook usage in academic libraries

Internet Reference Services Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-85

  Chu, Melanie ^a   Meulemans, Yvonne Nalani ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Facebook; MySpace; Social networking

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649984897     PISSN: 10875301     EISSN: 15404749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J136v13n01_04     Document Type: Article

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