Document (#8201)

Author

Little, K.

Title

Constructing a thesaurus of environmental protection terms

Source

Cataloguing Australia. 19(1993) nos. 3/4, S.222-232

Year

1993

Abstract

Discusses the background to and the process of thesaurus construction in an interdisciplinary soft science subject, environmental protection, for a specific government organization, the Environmental Protection Authority, Western Australia. Discusses and recommends methods of construction and develops a decision making checklists to aid in managing the task. Concentrates on the difficulties of creating a thesaurus in the real world compared to textual advice on thesaurus construction

Footnote

Paper presented at the 10th National Cataloguing Conference on Subject to change: subject access and the role of the cataloguer, Freemantle, Western Australia, 4-6 Nov 93

Theme

Konzeption und Anwendung des Prinzips Thesaurus

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