Ready reference collections A history

Reference and User Services Quarterly

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 253-264

  Singer, Carol A ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77951711882     PISSN: 10949054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/rusq.49n3.253     Document Type: Article

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