The research center: Creating an environment for interactive research consultations

Reference Services Review

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-70

  Meyer, Erin ^a   Forbes, Carrie ^a   Bowers, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Reference services; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 76449086092     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907321011020725     Document Type: Article

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