''Library Trends'' is a quarterly
peer-reviewed academic journal
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founded in 1952 and published quarterly by the
Johns Hopkins University Press. It covers international developments and future directions in the fields of
library
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and
information science
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. It includes analysis of research and writing, critical opinion, and reviews. Each issue is devoted to a single topic of interest.
''Library Trends'' is available electronically via EBSCO, Academic OneFile (Gale),
WilsonWeb (Wilson Library Literature & Information Science Full Text), IDEALS, and
Project MUSE
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.
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{{University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus
Publications established in 1952
Library science journals
Johns Hopkins University Press academic journals
English-language journals
Quarterly journals
Magazines published in Illinois