Public libraries and networked information services in low-income communities

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 361-390

  Bishop, Ann P ^a   Tidline, Tonyia J ^a   Shoemaker, Susan ^a   Salela, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0033196640     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-8188(99)00017-1     Document Type: Article

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