Library Journal, Volume 7Melvil Dewey, Richard Rogers Bowker, L. Pylodet, Charles Ammi Cutter, Bertine Emma Weston, Karl Brown, Helen E. Wessells R. R. Bowker Company, 1882 - Libraries Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately. |
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... knowledge . Even in the limited range of the notes already published , it has seemed to him that in some cases the information given is misleading and that the value of the suggestions made would have been greatly enhanced had the notes ...
... knowledge . Even in the limited range of the notes already published , it has seemed to him that in some cases the information given is misleading and that the value of the suggestions made would have been greatly enhanced had the notes ...
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... knowledge of books on their subjects in- tended for the general reader . It is quite a dif- ferent function to be a good investigator and a good purveyor of knowledge . Possibly , the 66 misleading element can be traced to the very ...
... knowledge of books on their subjects in- tended for the general reader . It is quite a dif- ferent function to be a good investigator and a good purveyor of knowledge . Possibly , the 66 misleading element can be traced to the very ...
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... knowledge in many strange and curious paths ; but in no sense can it supply the want of the great mass of the people . More than half of its books are in language that they do not understand , and , as a reference library , all its ...
... knowledge in many strange and curious paths ; but in no sense can it supply the want of the great mass of the people . More than half of its books are in language that they do not understand , and , as a reference library , all its ...
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... knowledge I have thus gained has satisfied my judgment as to the wisdom of this movement . Idleness and vacant , unoccupied minds are materials out of which crime is produced . It you want to reduce crime you must reach these points ...
... knowledge I have thus gained has satisfied my judgment as to the wisdom of this movement . Idleness and vacant , unoccupied minds are materials out of which crime is produced . It you want to reduce crime you must reach these points ...
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... knowledge derived from extensive travels in all parts of the country during a two years ' residence , a part of which time was occupied in the establishment of a colony . " - Pub lishers ' weekly . PALFREY , Francis Winthrop . The ...
... knowledge derived from extensive travels in all parts of the country during a two years ' residence , a part of which time was occupied in the establishment of a colony . " - Pub lishers ' weekly . PALFREY , Francis Winthrop . The ...
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