Public libraries: A meeting place for immigrant women?

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 220-227

  Audunson, Ragnar ^a   Essmat, Sophie ^a   Aabø, Svanhild ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

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EID: 79956291064     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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