What Do PatronsReallyDo in Music Libraries? An Ethnographic Approach to Improving Library Services
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عنوان ژورنال: Music Reference Services Quarterly
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1058-8167,1540-9503
DOI: 10.1080/10588167.2013.787522