Thesaurus Construction and Use: A Practical Manual

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ISBN: 9780851424460 | 0851424465
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Copyright: 12/31/2000

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

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Acknowledgements	p. ix
Introduction	p. xiii
Nature, purposes and uses of thesauri	p. 1
Planning and design of thesauri	p. 5
Standards for thesaurus construction and development	p. 15
Vocabulary control	p. 17
Specificity and compound terms	p. 37
Structure and relationships	p. 49
Auxiliary retrieval devices	p. 85
Thesaurus displays	p. 95
Multilingual thesauri	p. 139
Construction techniques	p. 145
Thesaurus management	p. 169
Thesaurus reconciliation and integration	p. 173
AAT Compound Term Rules	p. 185
Bibliography	p. 191
Index	p. 205
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