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Hjorland, Birger – Journal of Documentation, 1998
Analyzes the theoretical and the epistemological assumptions of information science. Topics include users and cognition; subject analysis; methods of classification; composition, semantics, and retrieval; the meaning of information; the typology of documents; information selection and research evaluation; and information specialists and…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Documentation, Epistemology