Library Cataloging
The 2003 edition is the second edition of the NAL Agricultural Thesaurus. The first edition, published on January 1, 2002, contained 56,179 terms (38,448 descriptors, 17,645 lead-in terms and 86 node labels). The 2003 edition contains a total of 58,305 terms (39,172 descriptors, 19,039 lead-in terms and 94 node labels). In this edition, there are 1,619 terms with definitions or scope notes which clarify the meaning and usage of terms. Terms in the subject areas of youth development, family studies and consumer science were expanded through a cooperative effort with USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service. The Thesaurus Staff continues to improve the thesaurus by adding new terminology of particular interest to USDA, incorporating taxonomic changes, adding definitions and scope notes to terms for clarity and other changes which generally improve the usefulness of the thesaurus.
- Nlm Classification
The online National Library of Medicine Classification, was issued in a newly revised edition on April 19, 2004. Six new class numbers were added to the Schedules and ninety-four MeSH terms were added to the Index, including sixty-five new to the MeSH...
- Nlm Classification Updated
The online National Library of Medicine Classification, was issued in a newly revised edition on July 14, 2003. This revision incorporates all new Index headings resulting from MeSH terms added to the 2003 vocabulary and selected for addition to the Index.The...
- Controlled Vocabularies
Here are a few more controlled vocabularies.The Grants Keyword Thesaurus A classification system for research opportunities emanating from the federal government and provides a structured method by which agency personnel, faculty members, and research...
- Controlled Vocabulary
There are plenty of subject, name, genre and form controlled vocabulary lists available. Most commonly used in libraries are the name and subject lists from the Library of Congress. Another source is the Getty lists. Besides being useful in themselves,...
- Thesaurus For Graphic Materials
I'm currently reading The Audiovisual Cataloging Current edited by Sandra K. Roe. It includes a paper giving an overview of the TGM. "The Thesaurus for Graphic Materials I: Subject Terms (TGM I) provides a substantial body of terms for subject indexing...
Library Cataloging
New Edition of the NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
The 2003 edition is the second edition of the NAL Agricultural Thesaurus. The first edition, published on January 1, 2002, contained 56,179 terms (38,448 descriptors, 17,645 lead-in terms and 86 node labels). The 2003 edition contains a total of 58,305 terms (39,172 descriptors, 19,039 lead-in terms and 94 node labels). In this edition, there are 1,619 terms with definitions or scope notes which clarify the meaning and usage of terms. Terms in the subject areas of youth development, family studies and consumer science were expanded through a cooperative effort with USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service. The Thesaurus Staff continues to improve the thesaurus by adding new terminology of particular interest to USDA, incorporating taxonomic changes, adding definitions and scope notes to terms for clarity and other changes which generally improve the usefulness of the thesaurus.
- Nlm Classification
The online National Library of Medicine Classification, was issued in a newly revised edition on April 19, 2004. Six new class numbers were added to the Schedules and ninety-four MeSH terms were added to the Index, including sixty-five new to the MeSH...
- Nlm Classification Updated
The online National Library of Medicine Classification, was issued in a newly revised edition on July 14, 2003. This revision incorporates all new Index headings resulting from MeSH terms added to the 2003 vocabulary and selected for addition to the Index.The...
- Controlled Vocabularies
Here are a few more controlled vocabularies.The Grants Keyword Thesaurus A classification system for research opportunities emanating from the federal government and provides a structured method by which agency personnel, faculty members, and research...
- Controlled Vocabulary
There are plenty of subject, name, genre and form controlled vocabulary lists available. Most commonly used in libraries are the name and subject lists from the Library of Congress. Another source is the Getty lists. Besides being useful in themselves,...
- Thesaurus For Graphic Materials
I'm currently reading The Audiovisual Cataloging Current edited by Sandra K. Roe. It includes a paper giving an overview of the TGM. "The Thesaurus for Graphic Materials I: Subject Terms (TGM I) provides a substantial body of terms for subject indexing...