Information seeking with Wikipedia on the iPod Touch

Reference Services Review

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 284-298

  Hahn, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Mobile communication systems; Reference services; United States of America; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952215976     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907321011045043     Document Type: Article

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