Learning from Chatting: How Our Virtual Reference Questions Are Giving Us Answers

Objective - This research compares two types of online reference services and attempts to determine whether the same sorts of questions are being asked; which questions are being asked most often; and whether patron and staff behaviour is consistent or different in the two types of online reference...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lorna Rourke, Pascal Lupien
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Alberta 2010-06-01
Series:Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
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Online Access:https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/eblip/index.php/EBLIP/article/view/6927