Development of an integrated bilingual thesaurus in gerontology and geriatrics

The explosion of information seems to be a general phenomenon which promises researchers potential access to a multitude of documents, but the proliferation of publications often inhibits access to the information they contain. The myriad potential sources make effective storage and retrieval systems imperative, because it is often extremely difficult to know exactly how documents have been indexed. This is particularly true in the field of gerontology and geriatrics. Within the Canadian context, it is necessary to provide vocabulary control in both French and English. The linguistic factor is further complicated by the national and regional variations in term use.