Why do you still use dewey? - Academic libraries that continue with dewey decimal classification

Library Resources and Technical Services

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-136

  Shorten, Jay ^a   Seikel, Michele ^b   Ahrberg, Janet H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 19044396268     PISSN: 00242527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/lrts.49n2.123     Document Type: Review

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