The access gap: Poverty and characteristics of school library media centers

Library Quarterly

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-160

  Pribesh, Shana ^a   Gavigan, Karen ^b   Dickinson, Gail ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 79953746917     PISSN: 00242519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/658868     Document Type: Article

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