A digital reference desk for the national library of iran: A prototype based on content analysis of the digital reference desks of the world's national libraries

Reference Services Review

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 221-233

  Osareh, Farideh ^a   Bigdeli, Zahed ^a   Mansouri, Ali ^a   Khasseh, Ali Akbar ^b  

^a SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

^b PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Electronic media; Iran; National libraries; Reference services

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349154262     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907320910957242     Document Type: Article

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