NCJ Number
83358
Date Published
1982
Length
347 pages
Annotation
The thesaurus contains listings of descriptors or terms used to index the literature in the NCJRS document data base and to retrieve information about the literature for users of the service.
Abstract
Term selection is based on the vocabulary used in documents entering the NCJRS system, on the frequency of term usage in the literature, and on the language of the user community. A 5-digit number is assigned to each term to be used as a descriptor code in searching on that term. The introduction explains substantive, organizational, and geographic descriptors; use of the 'Key-Word-out-of-Context' (KWOC) list; and how to use the thesaurus. It is important to select the most specific descriptor in beginning a search. All terms in the thesaurus are arranged alphabetically.