Government Documents Reference Service in Canada: A Nationwide Unobtrusive Study of Public and Academic Depository Libraries

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 185-222

  Dilevko, Juris ^a   Dolan, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 0003245296     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-8188(99)00053-5     Document Type: Article

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