Smoother pebbles and the shoulders of giants: The developing foundations of information science

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 415-426

  Bawden, David ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Information history; Information professions; Information science; Journal of Information Science

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; CYBERNETICS; FOUNDATIONS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

FOUNDATIONS OF INFORMATION SCIENCE (FIS);

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 46249095994     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: 17416485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551508089717     Document Type: Article

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