Searching a Music Database with Semantically Organized Vocabulary Sets Compiled from a Thesaurus of Library of Congress Subject Headings

Authors

  • Fred Rowley Anderson Rowley Information Systems
  • James D. Anderson Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  • Harriette Hemmasi Rugters, The State University of New Jersey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7152/acro.v3i1.12601

Abstract

Vocabulary sets of semantically related words and phrases were assembled and applied to searching bibliographic records in a music database. The sets were created from a comprehensive selection of Library of Congress Subject Headings concerning music, which were convened to an online thesaurus. The paper describes techniques and rationale used create, name and organize the vocabulary sets, which may be permanently stored as pre-packaged queries for later reuse by various users searching different music databases.

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Published

1992-10-25

Issue

3rd ASIS SIG/CR Classification Research Workshop

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