The periodic table and the philosophy of classification

Knowledge Organization

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-21

  Hjørland, Birger ^a  

^a ROYAL SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE   (Denmark)

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EID: 80052703457     PISSN: 09437444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5771/0943-7444-2011-1-9     Document Type: Review

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