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Thesaurus Construction and Use: Unit 1: A Practical Manual [Paperback]

Jean Aitchison (Author), David Bawden (Author), Alan Gilchrist (Author)

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Publication Date: June 1997

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.

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Product Details

Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: Aslib; 3rd edition (June 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0851423906
ISBN-13: 978-0851423906
Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 8.1 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,737,556 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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