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http://dx.doi.org/10.4275/KSLIS.2012.46.2.005

A Study on the Analysis of Structure and Utility of Topic Index, Syntopicon in Great Books  

Lee, Byeong-Ki (공주대학교 사범대학 문헌정보교육과)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science / v.46, no.2, 2012 , pp. 5-28 More about this Journal
Abstract
Great Books of the Western World(GBWW) is a series of books published in 1952 by Encyclopaedia Britannica to present the famous works in 54 volumes. The series is now in its second edition and contains 60 volumes. A syntopicon compiled by M. Adler is a two-volume index, published as volumes 2 and 3 of GBWW. The syntopicon was coined specifically for this undertaking, which means a collection of topics. Syntopicon lists, under each idea, is where every occurrence of the concept can be located in the collection's famous works. This study aims to analyze the structure and utility of topic index, syntopicon in GBWW. The syntopicon consists of 102 chapters on the 102 ideas. Each chapter is broken down into five distinct sections: the introduction, an outline of topics, references, cross-references, and additional readings. The syntopicon can serve as a reference book, as a selection tool of book to be read, instrument of liberal education, instrument of discovery and research, syntopical reading of other reading material, development tool of convergent education, and analysis tool of works.
Keywords
Great Books; Syntopicon; Syntopical Reading; Topic index; Reading Education; Liberal Art Education;
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