Non-Western languages and literatures in the Dewey Decimal Classification scheme

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Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 256-265

  Kua, Eunice ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 33846891445     PISSN: 00242667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/LIBR.2004.256     Document Type: Review

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