Sic catalog syndrome: Title page transcription as a barrier to retrieval

Cataloging and Classification Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-54

  Bowman, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catalogers interpolations; Inaccuracies in title page; Title page transcription

Indexed keywords

EID: 20244389792     PISSN: 01639374     EISSN: 15444554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J104v32n01_04     Document Type: Article

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