Turning practice into principles: A comparison of the ifla principles underlying subject heading languages (shls) and the principles underlying the library of congress subject headings system

Cataloging and Classification Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 31-52

  Hoerman, Heidi Lee ^a   Furniss, Kevin A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WINTHROP UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ifla; Lcsh; Principles; Subject headings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845738633     PISSN: 01639374     EISSN: 15444554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J104v29n01_03     Document Type: Article

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