bibliographic control

American

noun

Library Science.

the identification, description, analysis, and classification of books and other materials of communication so that they may be effectively organized, stored, retrieved, and used when needed.

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Apart from the problem of translation, the technology of bibliographic control in scientific fields is already a reality.

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