The catalog as barrier to retrieval part 1: Hyphens and ampersands in titles

Cataloging and Classification Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 39-60

  Bowman, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ampersand; Hyphen; Online catalogs

Indexed keywords

EID: 85023854027     PISSN: 01639374     EISSN: 15444554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J104v29n04_04     Document Type: Article

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