From the ubiquitous to the nonexistent: A demographic study of OCLC WorldCat

Library Resources and Technical Services

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 79-90

  Bernstein, Jay H ^a  

^a KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 33646678914     PISSN: 00242527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/lrts.50n2.79     Document Type: Article

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