Using a professional moderator in library focus group research

College and Research Libraries

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 124-132

  Shoaf, Eric C ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037364829     PISSN: 00100870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/crl.64.2.124     Document Type: Article

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