Library and information science and the philosophy of science

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-10

  Hjørland, Birger ^a  

^a ROYAL SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Information science; Libraries; Philosophy

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844370625     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410510577970     Document Type: Article

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