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Thesaurus Construction and Use: A Practical Manual [Paperback]

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

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Publication Date: April 1, 2002

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: 230 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 4 edition (April 1, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1579582737
ISBN-13: 978-1579582739
Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 8.4 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,735,631 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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