Writing abstracts for online databases: Results of an investigation of database producers' guidelines

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Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 359-371

  Armstrong, C J ^a   Wheatley, A ^a  

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EID: 0039572069     PISSN: 00330337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000006905     Document Type: Article

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