Difference, culture and change: The untapped potential of lcsh

Cataloging and Classification Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 53-71

  Olson, Hope A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cultural bias; Library of congress subject headings; Postcolonial criticism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015341281     PISSN: 01639374     EISSN: 15444554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J104v29n01_04     Document Type: Article

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