Introduction To Controlled Vocabularies

Introduction to Controlled Vocabularies

This detailed book is a “how-to” guide to building controlled vocabulary tools, cataloging and indexing cultural materials with terms and names from controlled vocabularies, and using vocabularies in search engines and databases to enhance discovery and retrieval online. Also covered are the following: What are controlled vocabularies and why are they useful? Which vocabularies exist for cataloging art and cultural objects? How should they be integrated in a cataloging system? How should they be used for indexing and for retrieval? How should an institution construct a local authority file? The links in a controlled vocabulary ensure that relationships are defined and maintained for both cataloging and retrieval, clarifying whether a rose window and a Catherine wheel are the same thing, or how pot-metal glass is related to the more general term stained glass. The book provides organizations and individuals with a practical tool for creating and implementing vocabularies as reference tools, sources of documentation, and powerful enhancements for online searching.

Thesaurus Construction and Use

This handbook on thesaurus construction outlines the purposes and uses of thesauri, the planning and design of thesauri, and the standards for thesaurus construction and development. It also discusses specific elements of thesaurus construction, like vocabulary control, specificity and compound terms, structure and relationships, auxiliary retrieval devises, displays, reconciliation and integration. Consideration is also given to issues of thesaurus management, and the demands of multilingual thesauri. An appendix features the AAT Compound Term Rules. Aitchison and Gilchrist are each consultants. Bawden teaches information science at City University London. c. Book News Inc.

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