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| Bulletin of the American… | 1 |
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| Baker, Carol A. | 1 |
| Bale, Richard L. | 1 |
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Baker, Carol A.; Bale, Richard L. – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1981
Summarizes the first phase of a federally funded study of 157 clearinghouses that store data on human services. Factors addressed include the tasks of a clearinghouse, its potential for overlap, its relationship to its parent organization, the types of product and services it provides, and how it uses its database. (FM)
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Cost Effectiveness, Databases, Federal Programs
