Recent trends in research: A methodological essay

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-119

  Powell, Ronald R ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033474018     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-8188(99)80007-3     Document Type: Article

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