User tags versus subject headings: Can user-supplied data improve subject access to library collections?

Library Resources and Technical Services

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 174-184

  Rolla, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 69549106413     PISSN: 00242527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/lrts.53n3.174     Document Type: Article

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