The critical incident technique and the qualitative evaluation of the connecting libraries and schools project

Library Trends

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-64

  Radford, Marie L ^a,b,c  

^a Rutgers SCILS   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33845293231     PISSN: 00242594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lib.2006.0051     Document Type: Article

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