Return on Investment: Libraries and Student Retention

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 561-566

  Mezick, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34548695643     PISSN: 00991333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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