OPACs: A research review

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 111-133

  Large, Andrew ^a   Beheshti, Jamshid ^a  

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EID: 0000683469     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-8188(97)90039-6     Document Type: Article

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