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Publication Date: 2005-May
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Reference Service in the Digital Age: An Analysis of Sources Used to Answer Reference Questions
Bradford, Jane T.; Costello, Barbara; Lenholt, Robert
Journal of Academic Librarianship, v31 n3 p263-272 May 2005
To what extent do librarians use print and online sources? Librarians recorded and categorized questions and answer sources for a 4-month period. The results show that the print sources accounted for 9.38% of those used; online sources accounted for 58.54%. Only 173 print titles, out of 9587, were used.
Descriptors: Librarians, Reference Services
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