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Record Nr.

UNINA9910511773903321

Autore

Broughton Vanda

Titolo

Essential thesaurus construction / / Vanda Broughton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Facet, , 2006

ISBN

9781856049849

1-85604-565-X

1-306-34228-7

Descrizione fisica

V, 296 s : ill

Disciplina

025.49

Soggetti

Subject headings

Subject cataloging

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

Introduction -- What is a thesaurus? -- Tools for subject access and retrieval -- What a thesaurus is used for -- Why use a thesaurus? -- Types of thesaurus -- The format of a thesaurus -- Building a thesaurus I : vocabulary collection -- Vocabulary control 1 : selection of terms -- Vocabulary control 2 : form of entry -- Building a thesaurus 2 : term extraction from document titles -- Building a thesaurus 3 : vocabulary analysis -- The thesaural relationships -- Building a thesaurus 4 : introducing internal structure -- Building a thesaurus 5 : imposing hierarchy -- Building a thesaurus 6 : compound subjects and citation order -- Building a thesaurus 7 : conversion of the taxonomy to alphabetical format -- Building a thesaurus 8 : creating the thesaurus records -- Managing and maintaining the thesaurus : thesaurus software -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Appendix 1. Sample titles for thesaurus vocabulary -- Appendix 2. Sample terms for the thesaurus -- Appendix 3. Facets at stage 1 of analysis -- Appendix 4. Facets at stage 2 of analysis -- Appendix 5. Completed systematic display -- Appendix 6. Thesaurus entries for sample page.

Sommario/riassunto

Many information professionals fail to find the published tools for subject-based organization that are appropriate to their local needs.



This text describes the characteristics of some types of subject tool, and takes through the process of creating a system. The methodology employed is a technique for the building of a thesaurus.