ABSTRACT

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.

chapter Section A|4 pages

Nature, purposes and uses of thesauri

chapter Section B|9 pages

Planning and design of thesauri

chapter Section C|1 pages

Standards for thesaurus construction and development

chapter Section D|20 pages

Vocabulary control

chapter Section E|12 pages

Specificity and compound terms

chapter Section F|31 pages

Structure and relationships

chapter Section G|9 pages

Auxiliary retrieval devices

chapter Section H|39 pages

Thesaurus displays

chapter Section I|7 pages

Multilingual thesauri

chapter Section J|20 pages

Construction techniques

chapter Section K|4 pages

Thesaurus management

chapter Section L|11 pages

Thesaurus reconciliation and integration