CAB Thesaurus

Submitted by Barbara Gilles on Wed, 2009-11-11 14:56

“The CAB Thesaurus is the essential search tool for all users of the CAB ABSTRACTS™ and Global Health databases and related products. The CAB Thesaurus is not only an invaluable aid for database users but it has many potential uses by individuals and organizations indexing their own information resources for both internal use and on the Internet”. Includes relevant CAS registry numbers for chemicals, and Commission notation for enzymes.

General information
Vocabulary type: 
Thesaurus
Current version/edition : 
January 2009
Vocabulary URL: 

http://www.cabi.org/cabthesaurus/

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

English, Portuguese, Spanish. American and British English spelling variants.

Major subjects covered: 

Pure and applied life sciences, technology and social sciences.

Minor subjects covered: 

Includes about 62,000 plant, animal and microorganism names.

Vocabulary characteristics
Relationship types: 
Equivalence (Primary/variant terms or Preferred/non-preferred)
Hierarchical (Broader/narrower terms)
Associative (Related terms)
Number of terms: 
Aproximately 96,000
Number of preferred terms: 
Approximately 64,000
Number of Non-Preferred terms: 
Approximately 32,000
Terms and Conditions
Availability: 
Freely available for online viewing
Provider
Vocabulary provider name: 
CAB International (CABI)
Provider URL: 

http://www.cabi.org/

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