Essential thesaurus construction / Vanda Broughton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Broughton, Vanda, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Subject headings.

Subject cataloging.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 296 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

London : Facet, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Many information professionals working in small units today fail to find the published tools for subject-based organization that are appropriate to their local needs, whether they are archivists, special librarians, information officers, or knowledge or content managers. Large established standards for document description and organization are too unwieldy, unnecessarily detailed, or too expensive to install and maintain. In other cases the available systems are insufficient for a specialist environment, or don't bring things together in a helpful way. A purpose built, in-house system would seem to be the answer, but too often the skills necessary to create one are lacking. This practical text examines the criteria relevant to the selection of a subject-management system, describes the characteristics of some common types of subject tool, and takes the novice step by step through the process of creating a system for a specialist environment. The methodology employed is a standard technique for the building of a thesaurus that incidentally creates a compatible classification or taxonomy, both of which may be used in a variety of ways for document or information management. Key areas covered are: What is a thesaurus? Tools for subject access and retrieval; what a thesaurus is used for? Why use a thesaurus? Examples of thesauri; the structure of a thesaurus; thesaural relationships; practical thesaurus construction; the vocabulary of the thesaurus; building the systematic structure; conversion to alphabetic format; forms of entry in the thesaurus; maintaining the thesaurus; thesaurus software; and; the wider environment. Essential for the practising information professional, this guide is also valuable for students of library and information science.

Contents:

Introduction

What is a thesaurus?

Tools for subject access and retrieval

What a thesaurus is used for

Why use a thesaurus?

Types of thesaurus

The format of a thesaurus

Building a thesaurus I : vocabulary collection

Vocabulary control 1 : selection of terms

Vocabulary control 2 : form of entry

Building a thesaurus 2 : term extraction from document titles

Building a thesaurus 3 : vocabulary analysis

The thesaural relationships

Building a thesaurus 4 : introducing internal structure

Building a thesaurus 5 : imposing hierarchy

Building a thesaurus 6 : compound subjects and citation order

Building a thesaurus 7 : conversion of the taxonomy to alphabetical format

Building a thesaurus 8 : creating the thesaurus records

Managing and maintaining the thesaurus : thesaurus software

Conclusion

Glossary

Bibliography

Appendix 1. Sample titles for thesaurus vocabulary

Appendix 2. Sample terms for the thesaurus

Appendix 3. Facets at stage 1 of analysis

Appendix 4. Facets at stage 2 of analysis

Appendix 5. Completed systematic display

Appendix 6. Thesaurus entries for sample page.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jul 2018).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781856049849

9781856045650

185604565X

9781306342285

1306342287

OCLC:

868270501