Quote: use a thesaurus to define index terms and groups of related terms; first use of thesaurus in information retrieval

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In February 1947, C.N. Mooers … made [the first known] reference to the use of a … [Mooers, Zator Technical Bulletin, 65, 1951]. In this proposal, the thesaurus apparently was intended to indicate … Index terms were assumed to have agreed meanings … had abandoned this approach in favour of a … arbitrarily designated descriptors stood retrieval duty for a … The practice of having a 'head' term associated … thesaurus for contemporaries to attach the name to … [Bernier, personal communication]; although, in purpose, it was intended to limit and compress …   Google-1   Google-2

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