Collection assessment through worldcat

Collection Management

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 79-93

  McClure, Jennifer Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collection assessment; Collection management; Foreign approval plans; Romance languages; WorldCat

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449134267     PISSN: 01462679     EISSN: 15452549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01462670902722213     Document Type: Article

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