Assessing the functionality of the reference collection

Collection Building

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 17-21

  Sendi, Karen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

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EID: 3543092000     PISSN: 01604953     EISSN: 20545592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01604959610126019     Document Type: Article

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