An Exploratory Analysis of History Students' Dissertation Acknowledgments

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 241-251

  Scrivener, Laurie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 67349115524     PISSN: 00991333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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