The role of synchronous virtual reference in teaching and learning: A Grounded Theory analysis of instant messaging transcripts

College and Research Libraries

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 276-294

  Passonneau, Sarah ^a   Coffey, Dan ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79956156353     PISSN: 00100870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/crl-102rl     Document Type: Article

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