Users' persistence in scanning lists of references

College and Research Libraries

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 149-156

  Wiberley Jr , Stephen E ^a   Daugherty, Robert Allen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0001515080     PISSN: 00100870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/crl_49_02_149     Document Type: Article

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