Meeting the information needs of battered women: Responsibilities and roles for library and information science

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Volumn 25, Issue 53, 1996, Pages 27-45

  Dewdney, Patricia ^a   Harris, Roma M ^a   Lockerby, Christina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MLlS   (United States)

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EID: 85015267787     PISSN: 02763877     EISSN: 15411117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J120v25n53_04     Document Type: Article

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