Evaluation research: An overview

Library Trends

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 102-120

  Powell, Ronald R ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33846344998     PISSN: 00242594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lib.2006.0050     Document Type: Review

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