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Peer reviewedSommer, Robert; Estabrook, Marina – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 1990
Reports results of a survey of research university and community college faculty regarding perceived quality, estimated price, price-quality relationship, selection criteria, and publishers' policies for textbooks. Implications for librarians of the lack of faculty awareness of textbook prices is discussed. (Six references) (MES)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Faculty, Costs, Higher Education
