Serendipity in the stacks: Libraries, information architecture, and the problems of accidental discovery

College and Research Libraries

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 831-842

  Carr, Patrick L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 84940380195     PISSN: 00100870     EISSN: 21506701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/crl.76.6.831     Document Type: Article

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