LIS 677 - Print sources

• Aitchison, J.; Gilchrist, A.; Bawden, D. Thesaurus construction and use: a practical manual, 4th ed. (IMS stack Z695.A1A38 2000.) (Weeks 7 and 8 and the final project.) (The standard practical manual.)
• Anderson, J.D.; Pérez-Carballo, J. 2005. Information retrieval design: principles and options for information description, organization, display, and access in information retrieval databases, digital libraries, catalogs, and indexes. (IMS stack Z699.A636 2005; http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/publications/ir-design/.) (The whole course.) (The nearest thing to a comprehensive textbook.)
• Borko, H. and Bernier, C.L. Abstracting concepts and methods. (DBW stack Z695.9.B65; IMS stack Z695.9.B65 1975.) (weeks 13-14.) (Old, but abstracting practice has not changed greatly in the last 30 years.)
• Broughton, V. Essential thesaurus construction. (IMS circ 2HR Z695.B868 2006.) (Weeks 7 and 8 and the final project.) (An appendix gives an extended example of constructing a faceted thesaurus.)
• Browne, G; Jermey, J. Website indexing: enhancing access to information within websites, 2nd ed. (IMS stack TK5105.888.B76 2004; course SharePoint site.) (Weeks 2 and 11.) (Fairly brief, it includes some general observations about indexing and a bit about faceting.)
• Cleveland, D.B. and Cleveland, A.D. Introduction to indexing and abstracting, 3rd ed. (IMS stack Z695.9.C592 2001.) (The whole course.) (Acceptable as an initial introduction, may lack solidity or clarity in places.)
• Craven, T.C. String indexing. (IMS stack Z695.915.N48C74 1986; http://publish.uwo.ca/~craven/book1986/index.htm.) (Week 12.) (Mostly for the first chapter, on good index qualities. The main topic, string indexing, is no longer hot.)
• Cremmins, E.T. The art of abstracting, 2nd ed. (IMS stack PE1477.C915 1996.) (Weeks 13-14.) (A more up-to-date work on abstracting.)
• Foskett, A.C. The subject approach to information, 5th ed. (IMS stack Z695.F66 1996.) (Weeks 1, 3, 4, 10.) (A classic text, fairly wide ranging, it covers library classification and subject headings and also deals to some extent with thesauri.)
• Houston, J.E. Thesaurus of ERIC descriptors, 14th ed. (EDU reference Z695.1.E3E34 2001; DBW ref quick Z695.1.E3E34 2001; IMS reference Z695.1.E3E34 2001.) (Week 4, but also useful for thesaurus construction generally.) (Unlike the online versions, the printed version includes an introduction that explains the basics of using the thesaurus; a printed version reflecting changes since 2003 has not yet been issued.)
• Lancaster, F.W. Indexing and abstracting in theory and practice, 3rd ed. (DBW stack Z695.9.L36 2003; IMS stack Z695.9.L36 2003.) (Weeks 1, 3, 5, 13-14.) (A classic work by a well-respected author, its emphasis is on database indexing rather than book indexing.)
• Lancaster, F.W. Vocabulary control for information retrieval, 2nd ed. (DBW stack Z699.L355 1986; IMS stack Z699.L355 1986.) (Weeks 3, 7, and 8, and the final project.) (Another classic work by Lancaster, it deals with various thesaurus-related topics, but is not quite the practical manual that Aitchison, Gilchrist, and Bawden's book is.)
• Mulvany, N.V. Indexing books, 2nd ed. (DBW stack Z695.9.M8 2005; IMS stack Z695.9.M8 2005.) (Week 2.) (A good treatment of the topic by a respected book indexer.)
• National Information Standards Organization. Guidelines for abstracts: an American national standard. (DBW stack ovrsize Z695.9.N386 1997; IMS stack Z695.9.N386 1997.) (Weeks 13-14.) (Also available for free download in PDF format at http://www.techstreet.com/cgi-bin/detail?product_id=52600.)
• National Information Standards Organization. Guidelines for indexes and related information retrieval devices: a technical report. (IMS stack Z695.9.G77 1997.) (Weeks 2-3.) (Also available for free download in PDF format at http://www.techstreet.com/cgi-bin/detail?product_id=52642.)
• National Information Standards Organization. Guidelines for the Construction, Format, and Management of Monolingual Thesauri. (Weeks 7 and 8 and the final project.) (IMS stack Z695.N33 1994.) (The 2005 edition is available for free download in PDF format at http://www.techstreet.com/cgi-bin/detail?product_id=1262086.)
• Rowland, M.; Brenner, D. Beyond book indexing. (DBW stack Z695.9.B495 2000.) (Week 11.) (A collection of papers on topics like Web indexing and embedded indexing.)
• Rowley, J.E. Abstracting and indexing, 2nd ed. (IMS stack Z695.9.R68 1988 c.2.) (The whole course.) (An introductory survey.)
• Soergel, D. Indexing languages and thesauri: construction and maintenance. (DBW stack Z695.9.S63; IMS stack Z695.9.S63 1974.) (Weeks 7 and 8, and the final project.) (A classic work, still a source of interesting ideas for thesaurus structure, but not recommended as a first introduction.)
• Stauber, D.M. Facing the text: content and structure in book indexing. (IMS stack Z695.9.S738 2004.) (Week 2.) (Gives many examples of decisions from the author's own indexing work.)
• Vickery, B.C. Faceted classification: a guide to construction and use of special schemes. (IMS stack Z696.F232V6 1968.) (Week 6.) (Old, but still the latest book specifically on faceting and quite clearly written.)
• Wellisch, H.H. Glossary of terminology in abstracting, classification, indexing and thesaurus construction. (IMS stack Z695.9.W435 2000.) (Week 3.) (The best printed glossary in this field, by a respected author.)
• Wellisch, H.H. Indexing from A to Z, 2nd ed. (IMS stack Z695.9.W45 1995.) (Weeks 1-12 and 14.) (A sort of brief encyclopedia of indexing, covering various topics.)

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