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Publication Date: 1983
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Subject Access in the Humanities and the Precision of the Humanist's Vocabulary.
Wiberley, Stephen E., Jr.
Library Quarterly, v53 n4 p420-33 Oct 1983
Investigates vocabulary of the humanities by analyzing terms used as entry points in leading encyclopedias and dictionaries in humanities. Categories that distinguish entry terms by precision and potential for effectiveness in subject access are proposed and a sample of entry terms is classified into these categories. Thirty-five sources are noted. (EJS)
Descriptors: Classification, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Humanities, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Nouns, Subject Index Terms
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Language: English
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