"The rolls royce of the library reference collection": The subject encyclopedia in the age of wikipedia

Reference and User Services Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 162-169

  East, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 79551574276     PISSN: 10949054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/rusq.50n2.162     Document Type: Review

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