Internal quality audit of indexing: A new application of interindexer consistency

Cataloging and Classification Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 53-69

  Stubbs, Edgardo A ^a   Mangiaterra, Norma E ^a   Martínez, Ana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Control charts; Indexing; Interindexer consistency; Internal quality audit

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040001190     PISSN: 01639374     EISSN: 15444554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J104v28n04_06     Document Type: Article

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