Confronting the cost of information for a research library in the developing world—The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago's experience

International Information and Library Review

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-24

  Papin Ramcharan, Jennifer ^a   Dawe, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

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EID: 32044465291     PISSN: 10572317     EISSN: 10959297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10572317.2006.10762699     Document Type: Article

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