Progress in documentation: Invisible colleges and information transfer: A review and commentary with particular reference to the social sciences

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1982, Pages 212-236

  Cronin, Blaise ^a  

^a Consultancy Division ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TRANSFER;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 0020175565     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb026730     Document Type: Review

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