Information seeking and subject representation : an activity-theoretical approach to information science /

Information seeking and subject representation : an activity-theoretical approach to information science / Birger Hjørland.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hjørland, Birger.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1997.
Series:	New directions in information management ; no. 34.
Subjects:	Subject cataloging. Indexing. Information behavior.

Table of Contents:

1.
Introduction: Information Seeking and Subject Representation
2.
Subject Searching and Subject Representation Data
3.
Subject Analysis and Knowledge Organization
4.
The Concept of Subject or Subject Matter and Basic Epistemological Positions
5.
Methodological Consequences for Information Science
6.
Science, Discipline, and Subject Field as a Framework for Information Seeking
7.
Information Needs and Cognitive and Scientific Development.