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NAUMIS PENA, Catalina. Subject access to the contents of UNAM library collections: history and perspectives. Investig. bibl [online]. 2012, vol.26, n.57, pp.177-198. ISSN 2448-8321.

Overall analysis of the scientific decisions of the past allows a more objective look in regard with with the consequences and helps as to visualize better solutions in the future. In the case of subject access to library collections at UNAM since its settlement, cultural influences are seen in the linguistic tools to index and retrieve it, which remain until today. This paper highlights the convenience of analyzing the decisions considering present subject access proposals. Therefore we review the principles based on a conception of social-cognitive processing terminology indicating the convenience of working methods in the subject access to information, and with respect for the culture transmitted through the languages, despite the high cost that entails.

Palabras llave : Subject indexes; Bibliographic classification; History of Mexican libraries; Library Sciences and Terminology; Library Sciences and Translation; Socio-cognitive perspective in the subject access.

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