Quantifying the "goodness" of library history research: A bibliometric study of the Journal of Library History/Libraries & Culture

Libraries and the Cultural Record

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 267-284

  Wertheimer, Andrew B ^a  

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EID: 70249144240     PISSN: 19324855     EISSN: 19329555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lac.2005.0060     Document Type: Article

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