Trust in libraries and trust in most people: Social capital creation in the public library

Library Quarterly

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 258-277

  Vårheim, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

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EID: 84902991240     PISSN: 00242519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/676487     Document Type: Article

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