1st Edition

The Thesaurus Review, Renaissance, and Revision

218 Pages

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Use this single source to uncover the origin and development of the thesaurus! The Thesaurus: Review, Renaissance, and Revision examines the historical development of the thesaurus and the standards employed for thesaurus construction. This book provides both the history of thesauri and tutorials on usage to increase your understanding of thesaurus creation, use, and evaluation. This reference... Read more

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