Students' perceptions of academic librarians

Reference Librarian

Volumn 37, Issue 78, 2003, Pages 131-148

  Fagan, Jody ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic librarians; Librarianship; Library jobs; Professional status; Undergraduate students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977649914     PISSN: 02763877     EISSN: 15411117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J120v37n78_09     Document Type: Article

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