Essential thesaurus construction /
Broughton, Vanda.
Essential thesaurus construction / Vanda Broughton. - London : Facet Pub., 2006. - v, 296 p. : pbk.
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.
9781856045650 (pbk.) 185604565X (pbk.)
Subject headings.
Subject cataloging.
025.47 / BRO
Essential thesaurus construction / Vanda Broughton. - London : Facet Pub., 2006. - v, 296 p. : pbk.
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.
9781856045650 (pbk.) 185604565X (pbk.)
Subject headings.
Subject cataloging.
025.47 / BRO
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