Classification in a social world: Bias and trust

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 627-642

  Mai, Jens Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Authority; Classification; Epistemology; Philosophical concepts; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956519378     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220411011066763     Document Type: Article

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