Discussion
Arrange the following steps in thesaurus construction in logical order :
(i) Selection of terms
(ii) Analysis of terms
(iii) Recording of terms
(iv) Alphabetical thesaurus production
Answer: B
The logical order is (i), (iii), (ii), (iv): select the terms, record them, analyse them, then produce the alphabetical thesaurus.
Thesaurus construction begins by collecting candidate terms from the literature, indexes and users and selecting those to be admitted. Each selected term is then recorded, traditionally on a term card or in a term record, so that it can be worked on. Only then are the recorded terms analysed: grouped into facets, and given their broader, narrower, related and equivalent relationships. The alphabetical display is the last step, generated from the analysed structure.
Orders that put the alphabetical production second or third, or that begin with recording before selection, reverse this dependence: nothing can be recorded before it is selected, and nothing can be displayed before its relationships are settled.
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