"Ask a librarian" pages as reference gateways to academic libraries

Reference Librarian

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 259-275

  Strothmann, Molly ^a   McCain, Cheryl ^a   Scrivener, Laurie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Association of Research Libraries; Chat reference; Library web sites; Reference services; Virtual reference

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849110988     PISSN: 02763877     EISSN: 15411117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02763870902873289     Document Type: Article

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