Dissertation Information for Lorna Katherine Rees-PotterNAME:
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SCHOOL: ADVISORS: COMMITTEE MEMBERS: MPACT Status: Fully Complete Title: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF TERMINOLOGICAL AND CONCEPTUAL CHANGE IN SOCIOLOGY AND ECONOMICS: WITH APPLICATION TO THE DESIGN OF DYNAMIC THESAURAL SYSTEMS. (VOLUMES I AND II) Abstract: Thesauri have been used in the library and information science field to provide a standard descriptor Language for indexers or searchers to use in an information storage and retrieval system. One difficulty has been the maintenance and updating of thesauri considering that terms used to describe concepts in books and papers change over time and vary between users. This study investigated a mechanism by which thesauri can be updated and maintained using citation, co-citation analysis and citation context analysis. It has been demonstrated that citation analysis reflects concepts in a specialty, and reflects term use in a specialty, following the work of Henry Small. This technique of citation context analysis may be used to trace term change in a specialty over time and variation among researchers--the basic pieces of information needed in thesaurus development. |
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Students under Lorna Katherine Rees-Potter
ADVISEES:
- Albert Tabah - McGill University (1996)
- Fauzia Bennani - McGill University (2001)
COMMITTEESHIPS:
- Eino Sierpe - McGill University (2002)
- Michael J.D. Sutton - McGill University (2007)