Hermeneutics as a bridge between the modern and the postmodern in library and information science

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 61, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 102-113

  Hansson, Joacim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Information science; Libraries; Postmodernism; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844361862     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410510578032     Document Type: Review

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