Quality of abstracts in articles submitted to a scholarly journal: A mixed methods case study of the journal Research in the Schools

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-61

  Hahs Vaughn, Debbie L ^a   Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 73949131624     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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