Essential thesaurus construction / / Vanda Broughton.

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Place / Publishing House:London : : Facet Publishing,, 2006.
Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (303 pages) :; illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.