Thesaurus

<p>Use this single source to uncover the origin and development of the thesaurus! <br><br> 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 tool offers essential information on thesauri in the digital environment including Web sites databases and software. For 50 years the thesaurus has been a core reference book; The Thesaurus: Review Renaissance and Revision celebrates this history and speculates on the future of vocabulary-switching tools. <br><br> This book will familiarize you with contemporary and emerging functions of thesauri including international and multilingual developments. The Thesaurus: Review Renaissance and Revision provides information and library professionalsincluding indexers abstractors subject catalogers classifiers and reference librariansa historical overview of the thesaurus and its past as well as recent developments. This book also gives patrons readers and researchers more effective techniques in vocabulary management and offers insight on how thesauri are devised and compiled. <br><br> This book addresses:</p><ul> <li> changing definitions characteristics functions and applications of thesauri </li> <li> the value of standards evaluation use and review of software and role and work of consultants during thesauri construction and maintenance </li> <li> multicultural issues that affect thesauri creation such as mapping and interoperability </li> <li> education and training</li> </ul><p>The Thesaurus: Review Renaissance and Revision also provides you with extensive bibliographies related to issues and problems in thesaurus construction and design such as developing standards in support of electronic thesauri.</p>