Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors, 14th Edition
(Hardback, 14th Revised edition)
Publishing Details
Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors, 14th Edition
By (Author) James E. Houston
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Praeger Publishers Inc
30th June 2001
14th Revised edition
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Education
Reference works
370.3
Physical Properties
Hardback
768
Description
Researchers have come to rely on this thesaurus to locate precise terms from the controlled vocabulary used to index the ERIC database. This, the first print edition in more than 5 years, contains a total of 10,773 vocabulary terms with 206 descriptors and 210 "use" references that are new to this edition. A popular and widely used reference tool for set of education-related terms established and updated by ERIC lexicographers to assist searchers in defining, narrowing, and broadening their search strategies. The Introduction to the Thesaurus contains helpful information about ERIC indexing rules, deleted and invalid descriptors, and useful parts of the descriptor entry, such as the date the term was added and the number of times it has been used.
Reviews
This well-known aid to computerized searching is larger than ever....Recommended for all libraries where ERIC is searched or educational terminology is of interest.-Choice
"This well-known aid to computerized searching is larger than ever....Recommended for all libraries where ERIC is searched or educational terminology is of interest."-Choice
Author Bio
JAMES E. HOUSTON is lexicographer for the ERIC Processing and Reference Facility, Computer Sciences Corp.
