Design and Development of Thesaurus of Banking Terms

Abstract

The present study deals with the design and development of thesaurus of banking terms. The main objective of this study is to identify and review the availability of thesaurus and glossaries of banking, to identify the available sources for the collection of terms required for the study, to prepare the depth classification schedule with the help of collected terms of banking, to establish the connections between terms for the development of thesaurus and finally to develop the thesaurus of banking terms with the help of newly designed depth classification schedule. newlineThe researcher has developed products in the form of depth classification schedule of banking as well as thesaurus of banking terms within six chapters. The first chapter i.e. introduction includes introduction to the research work, meaning and definitions, objectives, statement of research problem, significance of study, scope and limitations, methodology of research along with chapter scheme. The second chapter discovers the reviews of literature related to this study. The themes-based reviews of available on the literature are chronologically arranged here. The third chapter deals with historical and theoretical background of classification and depth classification schemes. It gives definition, needs, types and their approaches and methodology suggested by Ranganathan S.R. for designing the depth classification schedule is enumerated here. newline