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Pages 424-424

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... In these cases, specialized services should be encouraged to provide access to literature in highly limited journals, with a deliberate attempt to include the more expensive last 10 percent of the information. Centers providing services of this type can flourish only if they are in contact with active research and are staked in part by active scientists competent to grasp changing aspects of their fields and to provide
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