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If you\u2019ve ever walked past our 1st Floor Check-Out Desk, you\u2019ve probably seen our displays for Oxford University Press\u2019s Very Short Introductions. Since the UTC Library acquired these books in August 2017, we\u2019ve checked out over 600 of them!<\/p>\n

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