Computers, databases and thesauri

Two rather different approaches are used for handling a thesaurus as a printed document and for using one as an adjunct to a database management system. This results in term relationship information being lost and opportunities for enhanced retrieval routines being missed. The technical difficulties involved in doing better, i.e. slow data transmission etc., are gradually being solved especially through the advent of standalone micro systems such as CD‐ROM. What might a better subject search interface look like?