Building & running a successful research business : a guide for the independent information professional / Mary Ellen Bates.

"This is the handbook every aspiring independent information professional needs in order to launch, manage, and build a research business. Organized into four sections, "Getting Started," "Running the Business," "Marketing," and "Researching," the book wa...

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Main Author: Bates, Mary Ellen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Medford, N.J. : CyberAge Books/Information Today, [2010]
Edition:Second edition.
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