An analysis of the development and use of theory in library and information science research articles

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 548-562

  Kim, Sung Jin ^a   Jeong, Dong Y ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

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EID: 33845288909     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2006.03.018     Document Type: Article

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