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Recommendation and usage in the digital library: Technical Report CSEG/2/1997

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Recommendation and usage in the digital library: Technical Report CSEG/2/1997. / Nichols, David; Twidale, Michael; Paice, Christopher.
Lancaster University, 1997. 15 p.

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Nichols, D, Twidale, M & Paice, C 1997, Recommendation and usage in the digital library: Technical Report CSEG/2/1997. Lancaster University.

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Nichols, D., Twidale, M., & Paice, C. (1997). Recommendation and usage in the digital library: Technical Report CSEG/2/1997. Lancaster University.

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Nichols D, Twidale M, Paice C. Recommendation and usage in the digital library: Technical Report CSEG/2/1997. Lancaster University, 1997. 15 p.

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Nichols, David ; Twidale, Michael ; Paice, Christopher. / Recommendation and usage in the digital library : Technical Report CSEG/2/1997. Lancaster University, 1997. 15 p.

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