Social capital and public libraries: The need for research

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 416-428

  Vårheim, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

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EID: 34548636358     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2007.04.009     Document Type: Article

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