Controlled Vocabularies: 17 New Terms Added to ERIC Thesaurus
17 new terms (descriptors) were added to the ERIC Thesaurus today. Here’s the list.
From the ERIC (Education Resources Information Center):
- Ambiguity (Context)
- Ambiguity (Semantics)
- Capacity Building
- Comorbidity
- Computer Games
- Critical Literacy
- English Language Learners
- Information Security
- Knowledge Economy
- Leadership Role
- Mixed Methods Research
- Naming
- Neoliberalism
- School Turnaround
- Semi Structured Interviews
- Structured Interviews
- Web 2.0 Technologies
The update also includes changes to scope notes (definitions) to clarify usage, and synonyms (i.e., non-searchable terms) that guide users to the appropriate search term(s), e.g., “Online Games” use “Computer Games.” For more information on current and previous changes to the Thesaurus, go to Maintaining the ERIC Thesaurus.
Additional ERIC Update Info (Winter 2012)
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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