Henry Evelyn Bliss - The other immortal, or a prophet without honour?

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-58

  Broughton, Vanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification theory; H.E. Bliss; Knowledge organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249088482     PISSN: 09610006     EISSN: 17416477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961000607086620     Document Type: Article

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