Legislative Indexing Vocabulary (LIV)

Submitted by Mary Garcia on Tue, 2009-11-10 14:08

The Legislative Indexing Vocabulary (LIV) is a set of approximately 5,000 subject indexing terms for use with the THOMAS Bill Summary & Status Databases prior to the 111th Congress.
The Legislative Indexing Vocabulary has been replaced by CRS Legislative Subject Terms.

General information
Vocabulary alternative name or acronym: 

LIV

Vocabulary type: 
Thesaurus
Current version/edition : 
The Legislative Indexing Vocabulary has been replaced by CRS Legislative Subject Terms.
Vocabulary URL: 

http://www.loc.gov/lexico/servlet/lexico?op=relogin

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

English

Major subjects covered: 

Legislative subjects

Purpose: 

A thesaurus developed by the Congressional Research Service for use with legislative and public policy material.

Used By: 

Congressional Research Service until 111th Congress

Related vocabularies: 

CRS Legislative Subject Terms

Vocabulary characteristics
Type of display : 
Full term records
Relationship types: 
Equivalence (Primary/variant terms or Preferred/non-preferred)
Hierarchical (Broader/narrower terms)
Associative (Related terms)
Number of classes: 

50

Number of preferred terms: 
5000
Terms and Conditions
Availability: 
free
Provider
Vocabulary provider name: 
Library of Congress
Provider URL: 

http://www.loc.gov/index.html

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