Use of the universal decimal classification: A world-wide survey

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-228

  Slavic, Aida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Classification; Globalization; Libraries; Universal coding system

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549146622     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410810858029     Document Type: Article

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