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Peer reviewedFoskett, A. C. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1984
Offers illustrations of anomalies and prejudices found in common information retrieval tools: "LC Subject Headings" (9th edition), "Dewey Decimal Classification" (19th edition), "Universal Decimal Classification" (3rd abridged edition). Index terms in areas of sexual bias, social strata, politics, knowledge, customs,…
Descriptors: Bias, Cataloging, Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification
