Now what? Starting your first professional academic reference position

Reference Librarian

Volumn 34, Issue 72, 2001, Pages 43-50

  Locknar, Angela ^a   Vine, Scott ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College and university librarians; Librarianship; New professional; Public service; Reference

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010593239     PISSN: 02763877     EISSN: 15411117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J120v34n72_05     Document Type: Article

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