E-books for the Classroom and Open Access Textbooks: Two Ways to Help Students Save Money on Textbooks
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عنوان ژورنال: The Serials Librarian
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0361-526X,1541-1095
DOI: 10.1080/0361526x.2017.1309830