The rapid proliferation of online databases has been accompanied by an equally rapid increase in the number of thesauri, particularyly those used by bibliographic databases. This guide is designed to assist users of online databases identify the relevant indexing vocabularies. It identifies the indexing vocabularies used in specific online databases, the syndetic structures employed in specific thesauri, and the arrangement of descriptor displays. Selected for inclusion in this guide are thesauri used by databases that are widely available through the large commercial retrieval services and thesauri used by large databases. In general, the thesauri selected are in the English language. The 122 entries are arranged alphabetically by title. Five indexes, including title, personal name, organization, subject, and database, complete the work.

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The rapid proliferation of online databases has been accompanied by an equally rapid increase in the number of thesauri, particularyly those used by bibliographic databases.

Thesauri Title Index Personal Name Index Organization Index Subject Index Database Index

Product details

ISBN
9780313257889
Published
1988-07-12
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Age
UU, UP, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
284

Biographical note

LOIS MAI CHAN is a Professor in the College of Library and Information Science, the University of Kentucky.

RICHARD POLLARD is Assistant Professor of the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.