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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Mann, Thomas, 1948–

The Oxford guide to library research / Thomas Mann.—Fourth edition.

pages    cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-19-993104-0 (hardback)—ISBN 978-0-19-993106-4 (paperback)

ebook ISBN 978–0–19–939446–3

1.   Library research—United States.    I.   Title.

Z710.M23    2015

025.5'24—dc23             2014041525

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Printed in the United States of America

on acid-free paper