What's the "big deal", and why is it a bad deal for universities?

Interlending and Document Supply

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-125

  Ball, David ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic journals; Procurement; Publishing

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344676364     PISSN: 02641615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02641610410538586     Document Type: Review

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