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There are many different scientifically valid ways to produce knowledge. The field of International Relations should pay closer attention to these methodological differences, and to their implications
Learn how libraries have risen to the challenges created by the fall of Communism and the rise of information technology!How do librarians and researchers face war, social upheaval, and other challeng
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