Social reference: Toward a unifying theory

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 66-76

  Shachaf, Pnina ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 73949089547     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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