Thesaurus Construction and Use : a Practical Manual.

A practical guide to the construction of thesauri for use in information retrieval, written by leading experts in the field.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aitchison, Jean
Other Authors: Gilchrist, Alan, Bawden, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Europa Publications, 2000.
Edition:4th ed.
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Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Nature, purposes and uses of thesauri; Planning and design of thesauri; Standards for thesaurus construction and development; Vocabulary control; Specificity and compound terms; Structure and relationships; Auxiliary retrieval devices; Thesaurus displays; Multilingual thesauri; Construction techniques; Thesaurus management; Thesaurus reconciliation and integration; AAT Compound Term Rules; Bibliography; Index.