Assessing digital reference

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Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 157-168

  Hodges, Ruth A ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 33845764954     PISSN: 00242667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/LIBR.2002.157     Document Type: Review

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