Introduction to bibliometrics for construction and maintenance of thesauri: Methodical considerations

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 524-549

  Schneider, Jesper W ^a   Borlund, Pia ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cataloguing; Controlled language construction; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

EID: 8844239197     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410410560609     Document Type: Review

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