The International Thesaurus of Refugee Terminology (ITRT) is designed to facilitate information retrieval and exchange. In print since 1988, the Thesaurus has proven an essential resource for librarians and information workers. However, the specialized nature of and ongoing evolution in refugee terminology meant that the print editions were soon outdated.
A thesaurus of terms is a useful tool for the search and retrieval of data. It helps the user to choose the most suitable terms and to use those terms consistently. KOSSDA Thesaurus has been developed specifically for and by KOSSDA incorporating several reliable sources: the Social Sciences Thesaurus of National Assembly Library of Korea, the HASSET(Humanities and Social Science Electronic Thesaurus) of the UK Data Archive, and the UNESCO Thesaurus.
KVINNSAM is an interdisciplinary database with references - in English, Swedish and many other languages - from the Göteborg University Library collections, mainly in the humanities and social sciences. Since the year 2003 KVINNSAM is a part of LIBRIS, the Swedish National Database.
The POPLINE Keyword Guide is a compilation of 2,000+ keywords used to index documents represented in the POPLINE database. Use POPLINE keywords to build more targeted searches of the more than 340,000 records contained in the POPLINE database. Familiarity with this vocabulary will make you a better POPLINE searcher.
The Population Information Program was Initiated in June 1972 under a contract from the United States Agency for International Development for the purpose of providing rapid diffusion of research findings in population as it relates to fertility control.
A few years ago the Health Development Agency - HDA (now known as the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)) created a Public Health Information Thesaurus which was originally based on the European Multilingual Thesaurus on Health Promotion. This thesaurus was used to index HealthPromis (the Health Promotion bibliographic catalogue), as well as the HDA's Evidence Base and the Public Health Electronic Library.
The Thesaurus of Aging Terminology is a controlled vocabulary of subject terms used to index journal articles, books, book chapters, videos, and dissertations cited in the AgeLine Database. AgeLine is an online, bibliographic database produced by AARP (formerly the American Association of Retired Persons) that focuses on the subject of aging and middle-aged and older adults, particularly addressing the social, psychological, iconomic, policy, and health care aspects of aging.
