Digital reference services / guest Editor, Gobinda Chowdhury.

It has become increasingly common for libraries to provide a reference service which operates via e-mail or through online forms. This paper compares the performance of three digital reference services available on the World Wide Web, namely, AllExperts, Ask a Librarian, and Internet Public Library...

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Other Authors: Chowdhury, G. G. (Gobinda G.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Emerald, 2004.
Series:Library review ; v. 53, no. 1.
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