Understanding the information needs of visitors to museums

Museum Management and Curatorship

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 139-157

  Booth, Ben ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0043232677     PISSN: 09647775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09647779800301702     Document Type: Article

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