Bradford's law: Part 1- an explanatory approach for librarians

Abstract

This paper is the first in a series of two papers on Bradford's Law. This paper reviews the law in a simplified manner for the benefit of library and information science students and researchers, who might otherwise be put off by the usually highly mathematical exposition of the Law. The explanation is intended to set the stage for an interdisciplinary explanation of the Law in the second paper.

West African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science Vol. 16(2) 2006: 109-122