Information-seeking behavior of physical science librarians: Does research inform practice?

College and Research Libraries

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-247

  Brown, Cecelia M ^a   Ortega, Lina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 27944482846     PISSN: 00100870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/crl.66.3.231     Document Type: Article

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