Free Scholarly Electronic Journals: How Good Are They?

Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship

Volumn 2000, Issue 27, 2000, Pages

  Fosmire, Michael ^a   Yu, Song ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85181219501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10921206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.29173/istl1808     Document Type: Article

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