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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Harris Roma M.
Barriers to information: how formal help systems fail battered
women / Roma M. Harris and Patricia Dewdney.
p. cm. -- (Contributions in librarianship and information
science, ISSN 0084-9243; no. 81)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-313-28680-9 (alk. paper)
1. Abused women--United States--Information services. 2. Wife
abuse--United States--Information services. 3. Community
information services--United States. I. Dewdney, Patricia.
II. Title. III. Series.
HV1445.H37 1994
362.82′928′0973--dc20 93-44513
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.
Copyright © 1994 by Roma M. Harris and Patricia Dewdney
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 93-44513
ISBN: 0-313-28680-9
ISSN: 0084-9243
First published in 1994
Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
Printed in the United States of America
∞ + ⃝™
The paper used in this book complies with the
Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National
Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984).
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Copyright Acknowledgments
The diagram showing the Krikelas model of information-seeking was adapted, with permission,
from 		James Krikelas, "Information-seeking behavior: Patterns and concepts", Drexel Library
Quarterly, 19 (Spring 1983): 17.
The situations, gaps, and uses model of information-seeking was used with permission from
Brenda Dervin, Department of Communication, Ohio State University, 1993.
The study described in this book was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council of Canada through Grant no. 410-89-0227. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or
recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily
reflect the views of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

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Publication Information: Book Title: Barriers to Information: How Formal Help Systems Fail Battered Women. Contributors: Roma M. Harris - author, Patricia Dewdney - author. Publisher: Greenwood Press. Place of Publication: Westport, CT. Publication Year: 1994. Page Number: iv.
    
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