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A random sample of 268 single lectures given in 55 different agricultural colleges in the United Kingdom were analysed by the lecturers concerned to reveal the sources of new information they used. This article deals with new material drawn from unpublished sources; fourteen separate sources are identified and the use of these sources in six subject groups is quantified. Comments are offered, in terms of source characteristics and user characteristics, on the different patterns of use across the six subject groups.
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Smith, J.T., Rockett, B.W. Sources of new material included in lectures by lecturers in agricultural education: An analysis of unpublished sources used. High Educ 12, 419–430 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00158245
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00158245