End-user understanding of subject headings in library catalogs

Library Resources and Technical Services

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 140-160

  Drabenstott, Karen M ^a   Simcox, Schelle ^b   Fenton, Eileen G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0033246405     PISSN: 00242527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/lrts.43n3.140     Document Type: Article

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