Classification systems in the light of sociology of knowledge

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 144-158

  Keshet, Yael ^a  

^a WESTERN GALILEE COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Classification; Epistemology; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751673182     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220411111105489     Document Type: Article

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