Cataloging must change! and indexer consistency studies: Misreading the evidence at our peril

Cataloging and Classification Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 3-45

  Mann, Thomas ^a  

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EID: 85011505966     PISSN: 01639374     EISSN: 15444554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J104v23n03_02     Document Type: Article

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