Incorporation and visibility of reference and social networking tools on ARL member libraries' websites

Reference Services Review

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 138-171

  Rod Welch, Leila June ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

24 7 live chat; Academic libraries; Reference; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856790475     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907321211203694     Document Type: Article

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