The Thesaurus : Review, Renaissance, and Revision

ISBN-13: 9780789019783 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 224 str.

Sandra K. Roe

Opis

Examining the historical development of the thesaurus, this book offers essential information on thesauri in the digital environment, including Web sites, databases and software.

Spis treści

• Introduction (Susan K. Roe and Alan R. Thomas)
  
• The Thesaurus: A Historical Viewpoint, with a Look to the Future (Jean Aitchison and Stella Dextre Clarke)
  
• Teach Yourself Thesaurus: Exercises, Readings, Resources (Alan R. Thomas)
  
• A Practical Exercise in Building a Thesaurus (James R. Shearer)
  
• Thesaurus Construction: Key Issues and Selected Readings (Marianne Lykke Nielsen)
  
• Thesaurus Consultancy (Leonard Will)
  
• Thesaurus Evaluation (Leslie Ann Owens and Pauline Atherton Cochrane)
  
• User Comprehension and Searching with Information Retrieval Thesauri (Jane Greenberg)
  
• Distributed Thesaurus Web Services (Eric H. Johnson)
  
• Tools of the Trade: Vocabulary Management Software (Melissa A. Riesland)
  
• Multilingual Subject Access: The Linking Approach of MACS (Patrice Landry)
  
• An Interview with Dr. Amy J. Warner (June 2003) (Alan R. Thomas and Sandra K. Roe)
  
• Index
  
• Reference Notes Included
  

O autorze

Roe, Sandra K.; Thomas, Alan R