Interactive reference at a distance: A corporate model for academic libraries

Reference Librarian

Volumn 33, Issue 69-70, 2001, Pages 171-179

  Ware, Susan A ^a   Howe, Patricia S ^b   Scalese, Rosemary G ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Winstar Telebase Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult students; Distance education; Interactive online reference service; Telebase; Virtual reference service

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010533619     PISSN: 02763877     EISSN: 15411117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J120v33n69_17     Document Type: Article

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