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Jorna, Kerstin | 1 |
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Jorna, Kerstin; Davies, Sylvie – Journal of Documentation, 2001
Discusses thesauri as tools for multilingual information retrieval and cross-cultural communication. Considers the need for multilingual thesauri and the importance of explicit conceptual structures, and introduces a pilot thesaurus, InfoDEFT (Information Deutsch-English-Francais Thesaurus), as a possible model for new online thesauri which are…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Intercultural Communication, Models, Multilingual Materials