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Micro CDS/ISIS: what’s new in version 3.0

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... No library was using in-house developed software (Vasishta, 2008). Mahmood (1993) stated features of Micro CDS/ISIS Version 3.0. He described 30 reasons to use Micro CDS/ISIS software in the libraries of developing countries (Mahmood, 1997). ...
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