Digital libraries and practices of trust: Networked biodiversity information
Social EpistemologyPublished 1 January 2002
Nancy A. Van House
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(2002). Digital libraries and practices of trust: Networked biodiversity information. Social Epistemology: Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 99-114.
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