A Librarian-Centered Study of Perceptions of Subject Terms and Controlled Vocabulary

William N. Schultz; Lindsay Braddy

doi:10.1080/01639374.2017.1356781

A Librarian-Centered Study of Perceptions of Subject Terms and Controlled Vocabulary

Eastern Illinois University

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Original language	American English
Journal	Cataloging Classification Quarterly
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2017.1356781
State	Published - Aug 29 2017

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