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Unit 11: Indexing Language: Types and Characteristics

11.9 Keywords Notes

Vocabulary Control : The systematic selection of preferred terms.
Thesaurus : Is a reference work that lists words grouped together according to similarity
of meaning in contrast to a dictionary.

11.10 Review Questions

1. What do you mean by the word index?
2. Write the purpose of indexing and classification.
3. What are the characteristics of an indexing language?
4. What is automatic indexing?

Answers: Self Assessment

1. (c) Indexed languages 2. (a) Indexing languages 3. (b) Vocabulary control
4. (c) Thesaurus 5. Automatic indexing 6. KeyWord Plus
7. Online database 8. Recall measures 9. Canadian Oxford Dictionary
10. Controlled vocabulary

11.11 Further Readings

Information Analysis, Repackaging, Consolidation and Information Retrieval by P S G
Kumar, Publisher: Br Publishing Corporation (2004).
Saracevic, T and Wood JS: Consolidation of information: A Handbook of evaluation,
Restructuring and Repackaging of Scientific and technical Information, Paris: UNESCO,
1981.
Atherton, P. Handbook of information systems and services. Paris: UNESCO, 1977.

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