A cost-effectiveness study of ownership versus access

Serials Librarian

Volumn 32, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 139-152

  Payne, Valerie J ^a   Burke, Mary A ^b  

^a ST PATRICK S COLLEGE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 0031291878     PISSN: 0361526X     EISSN: 15411095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J123v32n03_12     Document Type: Article

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