The shifting terminologies of information

Aslib Proceedings

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 93-98

  Bawden, David ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TERM; DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT; ENGLISH LANGUAGES; INFORMATION LITERACY; LANGUAGE GAMES; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; SCIENCE; VIRTUAL INFORMATION;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LINGUISTICS; SYSTEMS SCIENCE; TERMINOLOGY;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES;

EID: 31244436134     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000007043     Document Type: Article

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