Hurry up and wait: Observations and tips about the practice of chat reference

Reference Librarian

Volumn 38, Issue 79-80, 2003, Pages 113-120

  Carter, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chat reference; Digital reference; Internet reference; Real time reference; Reference; Reference interviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010495586     PISSN: 02763877     EISSN: 15411117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J120v38n79_08     Document Type: Article

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3. Quint, Barbara. (2002). QuestionPoint Marks New Era in Digital Reference. Information Today 19(7): 50, 54.
4. Shaw, Elizabeth. (1996). Real-Time Reference in a MOO: Promise and Problems. http://web.archive.org/web/20020202194450/http://www-personal.si.umich.edu/-ejshaw/research2.html.