Get a (second) life: prospecting for gold in a 3-D world.

Second Life is a virtual world where participants can do just about anything they can in real life. That includes reading and research! So some forward-thinking techies have opened a library 'in-world' to fill residents' needs.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Computers in Libraries Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 10 - 16
Main Authors: Bell L, Peters T, Pope K
Format: pictorial Journal Article
Published: Information Today Inc. Jan2007
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
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