The NASA Image Collection Visual Thesaurus.

Rorvig, Mark E.; Turner, C. H.; Moncada, J.

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ERIC Number: EJ591679

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Publication Date: 1999

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The NASA Image Collection Visual Thesaurus.

Rorvig, Mark E.; Turner, C. H.; Moncada, J.

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v50 n9 p794-98 Jul 1999

Discussion of the growth of institutional image collections focuses on the development of a visual thesaurus to provide access to the photographic archive of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Addresses specific access problems, including the accurate and rapid description of images entering collections, and searching collections of images. (LRW)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Indexing, Search Strategies, Thesauri, Visual Aids

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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