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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Burnhill, Peter; Law, Derek (2005). "SUNCAT Rising : UK serials union catalogue to assist document access". Interlending and Document Supply. 33 (4): 203–207. ISSN 0264-1615.
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- ↑ Ruddock, Bethan (2019). "The Jisc National Bibliographic Knowledgebase and Library Hub Discover & Compare and Cataloguing". Ar(abes)ques (94 - Bibliothèques de recherche en Europe). Agence bibliographique de l'enseignement supérieur. doi:10.35562/arabesques.1219. ISSN 2108-7016. S2CID 214120884. Archived from the original on July 4, 2020. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
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