African Studies Thesaurus

Submitted by Barbara Gilles on Mon, 2009-11-16 14:03
“Developed as an indexing and retrieval tool for the ASC library collection, the African Studies Thesaurus reflects the characteristics and main thematic areas of the collection. Specific Africa-related descriptors include the names of countries and regions, ethnic groups, African languages, African politics and political parties in Africa.”
General information
Vocabulary type: 
Thesaurus
Author or Editor: 
Library, Documentation and Information Department of the African Studies Centre Leiden
Vocabulary URL: 

http://www.ascleiden.nl/Library/Thesaurus/

Was vocabulary created as a course project: 
No
Scope and Usage
Languages: 

English

Purpose: 
“With the African Studies Thesaurus the ASC Leiden aims to facilitate the identification of relevant indexing terminology, provide a tool for managing African Studies information resources, and improve subject access to its own resources.”
Vocabulary characteristics
Type of display : 
Alphabetical list
Description of overall structure: 

“At present, thesaurus terms are displayed alphabetically, but a systematic display of terms in broad subject categories is envisaged in the future.”

Relationship types: 
Equivalence (Primary/variant terms or Preferred/non-preferred)
Hierarchical (Broader/narrower terms)
Associative (Related terms)
Number of terms: 
Approximately 12,100
Number of preferred terms: 
Approximately 5,200
Number of Non-Preferred terms: 
Approximately 6,900
Provider
Vocabulary provider name: 
African Studies Center Leiden (ASC Leiden)
Provider URL: 

http://www.ascleiden.nl

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