Stocking the virtual ready reference collection

Reference Librarian

Volumn 38, Issue 79-80, 2003, Pages 67-99

  Mizzy, Danianne ^a,b   Mahoney, Elizabeth Tillapaugh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chat reference; Collection development; Digital reference; Electronic reference services; Ready reference collections; Training; Virtual reference

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010549113     PISSN: 02763877     EISSN: 15411117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J120v38n79_06     Document Type: Article

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