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Peer reviewedSimpson, Antony E. – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 1986
A combination of inadequate preparation and misperception of the nature of the process of original research contributes to many social science doctoral candidates' inability to complete their dissertations. Instruction in research methodology by an academic librarian with a social sciences background is one solution. (EM)
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