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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450594403321

Autore

Aitchison Jean <1925->

Titolo

Thesaurus construction and use [[electronic resource] ] : a practical manual / / Jean Aitchison, Alan Gilchrist, David Bawden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; London, : Europa Publications, 2004, c2000

ISBN

0-367-09283-2

1-280-02328-7

0-203-40298-7

9786610023288

Edizione

[4th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GilchristAlan

BawdenDavid

Disciplina

025.4/9

025.49

Soggetti

Subject headings

Thesauri

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

A practical guide to the construction of thesauri for use in information retrieval, written by leading experts in the field. Includes: planning and design; vocabulary control; specificity and compound terms; structure and relationships; auxiliary retrieval devices; multilingual thesauri; AAT Compound Term Rules. The US ANSI/NISO Z39.19 Thesaurus construction standard is also covered.