Open-access electronic textbooks: An overview

Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-56

  Ovadia, Steven ^a  

^a University of New York   (United States)

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EID: 79952382115     PISSN: 01639269     EISSN: 15444546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639269.2011.546767     Document Type: Article

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