Serial Killers: Academic Libraries Respond to Soaring Costs.

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Main Author:	McCarthy, Paul
Format:	Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:	en
Published:	1994
Subjects:	Academic Libraries Costs Higher Education Interlibrary Loans Library Cooperation Library Expenditures Library Services Publishing Industry Scholarly Journals Serials
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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