Chat: From the desk of a subject librarian

Reference Services Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-67

  Porter, Susan ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Distance learning; Librarianship; Reference services; Students; Virtual libraries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986078049     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907320310460924     Document Type: Article

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