What is library use? Facets of concept and a typology of its application in the literature of library and information science

Library Quarterly

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 297-320

  Fleming May, Rachel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 79958855249     PISSN: 00242519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/660133     Document Type: Review

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