Thesaurus Construction

Welcome to the Introductory Tutorial on Thesaurus Construction

The purpose of this module is to teach you the basics of constructing an information retrieval thesaurus.

Section 1

Contents

Section 1: What Is a Thesaurus?

Section 2: Collecting Terms

Section 3: Modifying and Inventing Terms

Section 4: Preferred Terms and Non-preferred Terms

Section 5: Semantic Relations

Section 6: BT, NT, and RT References

Section 7: Scope Notes

Section 8: Thesaurus Displays

Glossary