Reaching out with libguides: Establishing a working set of best practices

Journal of Library Administration

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 638-656

  Gonzalez, Alisa C ^a   Westbrock, Theresa ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Best practices; Faculty collaboration; Lib Guides; Online guides

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955727453     PISSN: 01930826     EISSN: 15403564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2010.488941     Document Type: Article

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