Thesaurus construction : a practical manual / Jean Aitchison, Alan Gilchrist.

Main entry:

Aitchison, Jean.

Title & Author:

Thesaurus construction : a practical manual / Jean Aitchison, Alan Gilchrist.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication:

London : Aslib, 1987.

Description:

173 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Previous edition: 1972.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-164) and index.

Summary:

Covers planning and design of thesaurus systems, thesaurus construction standards, vocabulary control, specifity and compound terms, structure, and auxiliary retrieval devices. Discusses possible forms of thesaurus presentation, different types of thesauri, including multilingual thesauri merged vocabularies and searching thesauri, and looks at maintenance and updating, and computer aids.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0851421970 (pbk.)
9780851421971 (pbk.)

Subject:

Subject headings.
Vocabulary, Controlled
Vocabulaires contrôlés.
Vedettes-matière anglaises.
Thesaurusbouw.
thesaurus construction.
élaboration de thésaurus.
elaboración de tesauros.
Documents Subject indexing Thesauri Construction

Form/genre:

manual.
bibliography.
graph.
Thesauri.
manuel.
bibliographie.
graphique.
bibliografía.
gráfico.

Added entries:

Gilchrist, Alan.

Holdings:

Location: Library cataloguing office 69244
Call No.: ID:91-B55
Status: Available

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