Second Printing, October 2010
The Accidental Taxonomist
Copyright © 2010 by Heather Hedden
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hedden, Heather.
The accidental taxonomist / Heather Hedden.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-57387-397-0
1. Information organization. 2. Classification. 3. Indexing. 4. Subject headings. 5. Cross references (Information retrieval). 6. Thesauri. I. Title.
Z666.5.H43 2010
025--dc22
2010008320
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