Monopoly power and electronic journals

Library Quarterly

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 325-349

  Meyer, Richard W ^a  

^a TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031493078     PISSN: 00242519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/629970     Document Type: Article

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