Inciting the Metric Oriented Humanist: Teaching Bibliometrics in a Faculty of Humanities

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Inciting the Metric Oriented Humanist: Teaching Bibliometrics in a Faculty of Humanities. / Zuccala, Alesia Ann.

I: Education for Information, Bind 32, Nr. 2, 2016, s. 149-164.

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Zuccala, AA 2016, 'Inciting the Metric Oriented Humanist: Teaching Bibliometrics in a Faculty of Humanities', Education for Information, bind 32, nr. 2, s. 149-164. https://doi.org/10.3233/EFI-150969

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Zuccala, A. A. (2016). Inciting the Metric Oriented Humanist: Teaching Bibliometrics in a Faculty of Humanities. Education for Information, 32(2), 149-164. https://doi.org/10.3233/EFI-150969

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Zuccala AA. Inciting the Metric Oriented Humanist: Teaching Bibliometrics in a Faculty of Humanities. Education for Information. 2016;32(2):149-164. https://doi.org/10.3233/EFI-150969

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Zuccala, Alesia Ann. / Inciting the Metric Oriented Humanist: Teaching Bibliometrics in a Faculty of Humanities. I: Education for Information. 2016 ; Bind 32, Nr. 2. s. 149-164.

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