The use of Library of Congress Subject Headings in digital collections

Library Review

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 328-343

  Walsh, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital libraries; Electronic document delivery; Information retrieval; Information searches; Information services; Information systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955938043     PISSN: 00242535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00242531111127875     Document Type: Article

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