Children's questions about science fair: Preliminary results of an analysis of digital library reference questions

Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting

Volumn 45, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Mardis, Marcia A ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 71949113905     PISSN: 15508390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/meet.2008.14504503154     Document Type: Conference Paper

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