| African Studies Thesaurus: Subject Headings for Library Users Contributor(s): Otchere, Freda E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0313274371 ISBN-13: 9780313274374 Publisher: Greenwood OUR PRICE: $82.17 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 1992 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Library & Information Science - General - History | Africa - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 025.498 |
| LCCN: 92-12523 |
| Series: Bibliographies and Indexes in Afro-American and African Stud |
| Physical Information: 1.24" H x 6.4" W x 9.6" (1.82 lbs) 480 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This unique publication provides a thesaurus of all Library of Congress sub-Saharan African subject headings ever published, including classification numbers for most subject headings and cross-references from related or unused versions of a heading. Thus it provides a valuable easy-to-use thesaurus for those doing library research and online searches in African Studies. The volume covers the 41 countries that make up Africa south of the Sahara and the islands of Cape Verde, the Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, Saint Helena, Sao Tome Principe, and the Seychelles. It consists of some 4,000 subject headings, including the names of over 600 African peoples and nearly 600 African languages. In addition to the cross-references from unused synonyms and references to broader, related, and narrower terms that are found in Library of Congress Subject Headings, Otchere has added hundreds more to help the user more easily locate the desired term. |