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Main Author: Newlin, Barbara
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1982
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ258228
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  • The 200 Questions. Newlin, Barbara Contracts Costs Databases Information Retrieval Information Seeking Library Networks Reference Services Search Strategies Describes a contract between the reference service of a library system in Illinois and a commercial supplier of information in Berkeley, California, to provide the answers to 200 reference questions for a flat rate of $6000. The contract, considered the first of its kind, successfully relieved a current reference overload. (RAA)