Thesaurus Construction and Use: A Practical Manual

by Jean Aitchison, David Bawden, Alan Gilchrist

Written by leading experts in the field, this practical guide to the construction of thesauri for use in information retrieval includes topics such as planning and design; vocabulary control; specificity and compound terms; structure and relationships; auxiliary retrieval devices; multilingual thesauri; AAT Compound Term Rules; and many more. The US ANSI/NISO Z39.19 Thesaurus construction standard is also covered.

Genres: Nonfiction, Library Science, Librarianship

200 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1997

About the author

Born Jean Binns on 10 June 1925.

Aitchison was an independent consultant specializing in thesaurus design and construction. She held a number of posts in public and special libraries prior to taking up consultancy work.

Reviews

[Alexander Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Spoilers:
Flip-flops are synonymous with bistable multivibrators. It also said other useful things, however that would give the plot away. 5/5, very entertained.

[Wendy · Rating 5 out of 5]

You will drop a c-note on this book but it is worth every penny. It will teach you more about classification than anything but an LC publication.