The universal decimal classification: Some factors concerning its origins, development, and influence

Journal of the American Society for Information Science

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 331-339

  McIlwaine, I C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; VOCABULARY CONTROL;

MACHINE READABLE MASTER REFERENCE FILES; UNIVERSAL DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION (UDC);

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 0031117950     PISSN: 00028231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(199704)48:4<331::AID-ASI6>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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