THESAURI ONLINE

Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Thesaurus (browse only)

A link to this thesaurus is found at the Cambridge Scientific Abstracts web site.

Astronomy Thesaurus (browse and search)

This thesaurus, compiled by Robyn M. Shobbrook & Robert R. Shobbrook provides access to the thesaurus in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.

The Art & Architecture Thesaurus (browse and search)

The AAT is a controlled vocabulary for describing and retrieving information on fine art, architecture, decorative art, and material culture.

Environmental Data Catalogue Thesaurus (search only -- German and English)

The International Board of the 'Wortgutredaktion' of the "Thesaurus of the Environmental Data Catalogue" (WGR) was initiated to continually adapt the contents of the Thesaurus of the Environmental Data Catalogue to the needs of its users. The Board is composed by representatives of institutions, environmental experts and co-operation partners, and it is directed by the "Co-ordination Unit Thesaurus Development" at the Federal Environment Agency of Austria in Vienna.

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) Thesaurus (search only)

ERIC is a national education database of bibliographic citations and digests, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. This online version of the ERIC Thesaurus provides immediate search access to portions of the ERIC database. The Thesaurus content is the result of 30 years of work and refinement by the ERIC system, a decentralized network of clearinghouses and support components. The 40-member ERIC Vocabulary Review Group (VRG) presently oversees the Thesaurus development effort.

The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (browse and search)

The TGN contains approximately 900,000 records for places, arranged in hierarchies representing all nations of the modern world, and including vernacular and historical names, coordinates, place types, and other relevant information.

International Thesaurus of Refugee Terminology (ITRT)

From the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Library (UNHCR) and Forced Migration Online (FMO). It is as an interactive and searchable tool online for the location of relevant indexing terminology in English, French or Spanish.

Kinsey Institute

The Kinsey Institute has at its site a thesaurus that deals with all aspects of sexuality. Although there is no direct link to their thesaurus, you can contact the librarian of the site for more information.

Library of Congress Thesauri

Links to a variety of thesauri, including the Legislative Indexing Vocabulary (LIV).

LC Thesaurus for Graphic Material (browse and search)

If you are looking for a thesaurus of terms related to graphic materials, this is one you'll want to explore.

Life Sciences Thesaurus (browse only)

This Fourth Edition of the Life Sciences Thesaurus contains some 9,400 descriptors used in indexing documents for the Life Sciences databases and corresponding printed abstracts journals.

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) (browse only)

This thesaurus is brought to you by the National Library of Medicine. MeSH is the most used thesaurus in publications for medical and health professionals.

NASA Thesaurus (browse only)

Although this is the NASA Thesaurus, it includes much more than just aerospace terms (for example, it includes "Abdomen" with broader terms and related terms).

National Monuments Record Thesauri (browse only)

Standardisation of terms to be used when creating new records of the past. Seven separate online thesauri are available.

Thesaurus of Sociological Indexing Terms (browse only)

UNBIS Thesaurus (browse only)

This online database represents the fourth edition of the UNBIS Thesaurus and the first in all the official languages of the United Nations: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. The multilingual UNBIS Thesaurus, created by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, United Nations Department of Public Information, contains the terminology used in subject analysis of documents and other materials relevant to United Nations programmes and activities. It is used as the subject authority of the United Nations Bibliographic Information System (UNBIS) and has been incorporated as the subject lexicon of the United Nations Official Document System. It is multidisciplinary in scope, reflecting the Organization's wide-ranging concerns.

UNESCO Thesaurus (browse only)

The UNESCO Thesaurus is a controlled vocabulary developed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation which includes subject terms for the following areas of knowledge: education; science; culture; social and human sciences; information and communication; and politics, law and economics. It also includes the names of countries and groupings of countries (political, economic, geographic, ethnic and religious, and linguistic groupings).

The Union List of Artist Names.

The ULAN is a database of biographical and bibliographical information on artists and architects, including a wealth of variant names, pseudonyms, and language variants.

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