TY - BOOK ID - 3037651 TI - Essential thesaurus construction PY - 2006 SN - 185604565X 9781856045650 9781856049849 1306342287 1856049841 PB - London : Facet, DB - UniCat KW - Subject cataloging. KW - Thesauri KW - Analyse documentaire KW - Thésaurus KW - Subject headings. KW - Subject tools. KW - Subject headings KW - Subject cataloging KW - Social Sciences KW - Library & Information Science KW - tesaurusbygging KW - tesauruskonstruksjon KW - tesaurus KW - klassifikasjon KW - kunnskapsorganisering KW - emnekatalogisering KW - indeksering KW - terminologi KW - lærebøker KW - kunnskapsorganisasjon KW - 025.47 KW - Encyclopedias and dictionaries KW - Subject analysis KW - Cataloging KW - Content analysis (Communication) KW - Indexing KW - Controlled vocabularies (Subject headings) KW - Headings, Subject KW - Indexing vocabularies KW - Lists of subject headings KW - Structured vocabularies (Subject headings) KW - Subject authorities (Information retrieval) KW - Subject authority files (Information retrieval) KW - Subject authority records (Information retrieval) KW - Subject heading lists KW - Subject headings, English KW - Vocabularies, Controlled (Subject headings) KW - Vocabularies, Structured (Subject headings) KW - Thesauri (Controlled vocabularies) KW - Authority files (Information retrieval) KW - FRSAD (Conceptual model) KW - Thésaurus UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3037651 AB - 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. ER -