thesauruses

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A dictionary or encyclopedia
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A hierarchy of subject headings—canonic titles of themes and topics, the titles serving as search keys
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A thesaurus is a reference book in which words with similar meanings are grouped together. thesauruses thesauri a book in which words are put into groups with other words that have similar meanings
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a list of descriptors/subject headings A thesaurus tells you which words to use in a catalogue, database, or periodical index A thesaurus may lead you to other, related topics
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A list of words or group of words that can be used as subject headings or descriptors in a particular database, catalog, or index The Library of Congress Subject Headings book is used as a thesaurus for the CLICnet Library Catalog
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A device for vocabulary control, usually for a specific subject area, indicating preferred terms, non-preferred terms, and semantic relations between terms; the terms are in ordinary human language
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a list of all the subject headings or descriptors used in a particular database, catalog, or index Some examples are Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, and Library of Congress Subject Headings
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A list of selected words or concepts for a particular database A thesaurus is used to identify descriptors or subject headings specific to the database being searched
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A publication, usually in the form of a book, that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms) for the words of a given language
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In some search tools, the terms you choose to search on can lead you to other terms you may not have thought of Different search tools have different ways of presenting this information, sometimes with suggested words you may choose among and sometimes automatically The terms are based on the terms in the results of your search, not on some dictionary-like thesaurus
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A book of synonyms, often arranged by concept Also, an authority file or list of subject terms, usually with cross-references, used to index a document or database
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An on-line dictionary of synonyms and other semantically related words Using the relationship to define a hierarchical structure of words such as Broader Term, Narrower Term, Related Term, Used For, etc It may also include language equivalents and translation terms
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Refers to a book and a database feature The book lists alternate terms with similar meanings to the one you look up In a database, a thesaurus uses the terms you choose to search on to lead you to other terms you may not have considered (related terms) While the book-type thesaurus presents you with a larger variety of words to choose from, the goal of a database thesaurus is to "funnel" your search into the unique, official language of the database "subject headings" For example, a database thesaurus might suggest that you use "automobiles" instead of the words car, cars, autos, vehicles, etc
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When an index or database uses Controlled Vocabulary (a standardized word or phrase list), the thesaurus is an alphabetical listing of the terms currently in use The thesaurus will also show relationships between terms such as synonymous or related terms, hierarchical arrangements (broader terms, narrower terms), and provide references from terms not currently in use to acceptable terms, including older words or phrases that are no longer used
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A controlled vocabulary with a syndetic structure within a circumscribed subject field used to organize material or information
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a systematically compiled list of terms MeSH is the thesaurus for Medline Synonym of controlled vocabulary
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a list of all the subject headings or descriptors used in a particular database, catalog, or index **
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A list of all the subjects headings or descriptors used in a particular database or catalogue, see also Subject Headings
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A controlled vocabulary of terms or concepts that are structured hierarchically (parent/child relationships) or as equivalences (synonyms), and related terms (associative) See also Subject headings and glossary
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{i} dictionary of synonyms; dictionary; storehouse, repository, location where valuable documents or artwork is stored, treasury place where valuable articles are stored
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controlled vocabulary; list of standardized subject terms associated with a particular database or index
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(1) A list of categorized terms, such as synonyms and related words; (2) a listing of suject headings used in a particular database or other resource (See also Descriptor , Subject Heading)
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A list of synonyms a search engine can use to find matches for particular words if the words themselves don't appear in documents
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A controlled vocabulary within a circumscribed subject field used to organize material or information Consists of a syndetic structure that attempts to perform for the field in question the same function that conventional subject heading lists serve for the whole body of recorded knowledge
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A treasury or storehouse; hence, a repository, especially of knowledge; often applied to a comprehensive work, like a dictionary or cyclopedia
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A listing of synonyms and related terms, or a listing of index terms used in a database
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the controlled vocabulary used in a database Thesauri allow users to identify synonyms and related words
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a list of terms and concepts that provide a standard vocabulary of words to use in searching a certain database
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A list of words that are applicable to a specific subject area; usually is a controlled vocabulary list
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a book containing a classified list of synonyms
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1) A list of synonyms that frequently includes related terms and antonymns 2) A list of selected words or concepts for a specific subject area that uses a specialized vocabularly like medicine, education, business etc Certain periodical indexes use thesauri (plural of thesaurus) like CINAHL
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A list of all the subject headings or descriptors used in a particular database, catalog, or index