Learning How to Find Out: Theories of Knowledge and Learning in Field Research

Field Methods

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 392-411

  Coe, Cati ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84993808300     PISSN: 1525822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X0101300405     Document Type: Article

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