Collaborative information seeking: A literature review

Advances in Librarianship

Volumn 32, Issue , 2010, Pages 3-33

  Shah, Chirag ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80755122673     PISSN: 00652830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0065-2830(2010)0000032004     Document Type: Review

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