Thesaurus Construction and Use: A Practical Manual

By Alan Gilchrist, Jean Aitchison, David Bawden, et al.

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851424465
• ISBN13: 9780851424460
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 11.7"