Linking folksonomy to Library of Congress subject headings: An exploratory study

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 872-900

  Yi, Kwan ^a   Mai Chan, Lois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Subject heading lists; Tagging

Indexed keywords

EID: 71849115579     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410910998906     Document Type: Article

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