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RESEARCH METHODS, STATISTICS, AND DATA

FORTHCOMING Applications of Social Streamlining LIS

Enhancing Library Research Methods Research
and Information to Questions in A Compendium of Tried and
Research Skills Information and True Tests, Measurements,

A Guide for Library Science and Other Instruments
Academic Librarians Second Edition AMY J. CATALANO
BARBARA M. WILDEMUTH, EDITOR
LILI LUO, KRISTINE R. BRANCOLINI,
AND MARIE R. KENNEDY

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