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Archaeological Objects Thesaurus: Thesaurus which aims to establish a standard for recording archaeological object names. Terms are listed alphabetically and by over 20 class groups such as architecture, food preparation and consumption, and measurement.
Author: English Heritage and Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England
Subjects: archaeology research
DeweyClass: 930
Art and Architecture Thesaurus Browser: Searchable thesaurus providing exact and keyword matches, definitions and applications, synonyms and spelling variants.
Author: Getty Information Institute
Subjects: architectural research, art research
DeweyClass: 703
Astronomy Thesaurus: Thesaurus intended to standardise terminology in the field of astronomy to aid unambiguous library cataloguing and more precise recall of data. Provides astronomy librarians and scientists with a context for astronomical terms with which they may not be familiar. Available in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
Author: Shobbrook, Robyn M. & Shobbrook, Robert R.
Subjects: astronomy research
DeweyClass: 520
Dictionary, Thesaurus, Rhyming, Quotations, Anagrams, Computing Dictionaries and Other Online Dictionaries: A meta-index for locating definitions, quotations, thesauri entries, or anagrams of English phrases or computing terms by searching across a range of sources on the Internet.
Author: Chuck Langenberg Company
Subjects: computer dictionaries, english language dictionaries, quotations, reference
DeweyClass: 030
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names: The TGN is a structured vocabulary developed primarily for the field of art history, but with the potential for wide applications in related disciplines such as archaeology, history and geography. It contains nearly one million place names representing approximately 900,000 places, allowing users to search for place names and retrieve records for places, including vernacular and historical names, coordinates, place types and other relevant information.
Author: Getty Information Institute
Subjects: geographical data, history of art
DeweyClass: 910
Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) Thesaurus: List of assigned retrieval terms used in the indexing of world legislation. Uses legal concepts from various systems of law as well as laymen's terms relating to the subjects of legislation. Broader, narrower or related terms are provided for each descriptor, and search facilities are available.
Author: Library of Congress
Subjects: legal research
DeweyClass: 340
IRIS: Illinois Research Information Service: Database of funding opportunities in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Terms used are arranged hierarchically and alphabetically under umbrella categories such as agriculture, computer science, information science, mathematics, and transportation and can be browsed or searched using basic or advanced search options.
Author: University of Illinois
Subjects: research funding
DeweyClass: 001.44
KnowPlay: Search interface to a range of online dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, and quotation and acronym collections. Offers country access to the MapQuest service, and searching of the CIA World Factbook and Artcyclopedia services.
Author: KPlay
Subjects: reference
DeweyClass: 030
LCSH Thesaurus for Graphic Materials I: Subject Terms: Body of terms for the subject indexing of visual materials. Provides a controlled vocabulary for describing the activities, objects, types of people, events, and places represented in prints, photographs, posters, architectural drawings, and cartoons.
Author: Library of Congress
Subjects: art research, reference
DeweyClass: 700
LCSH Thesaurus for Graphic Materials II: Genre and Physical Characteristic Terms: List of standard terms for the indexing and retrieval of still images. Enables users to search for functional and physical attributes of graphic materials to identify items according to type, such as publicity stills, booklets, juvenile art, and gameboards.
Author: Library of Congress
Subjects: art research
DeweyClass: 700
Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Designed for use by the US Congressional Research Service, this body of controlled vocabulary can be used by indexers to assign subject terms to bills, resolutions, and public policy literature in a consistent fashion. Enables users to narrow queries for more precise retrieval or to broaden queries for retrieving related legislation.
Author: Library of Congress
Subjects: united states law
DeweyClass: 340
Phrase Finder: A Phrases Thesaurus: A large collection of phrases in English which can be searched or browsed. The meaning and source of each phrase is given. There is also a forum for discussion of the derivation of English phrases.
Author: Phrasefinder
Subjects: english language research
DeweyClass: 422
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus: Updated version of the online thesaurus containing 35,000 entries. Provides a category index displaying synonyms and antonyms, and an alphabetical index of individual terms.
Author: Bartleby
Subjects: english language dictionaries
DeweyClass: 030
Roget's Thesaurus: Online version of Roget's Thesaurus from the ARTFL project at the University of Chicago.
Author: University of Chicago
Subjects: english language dictionaries
DeweyClass: 030
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae: Information about this electronic data bank of ancient Greek literature from Homer (8th century BC) to 600 AD with historiographical, lexicographical and scholiastic texts from 600 to 1453 AD.
Author: University of California Irvine
Subjects: greek history, greek language, greek literature
DeweyClass: 880
Union List of Artist Names: Database linking all name forms, including pseudonyms, nicknames, and language variants, associated with a particular artist or architect together in a single record, providing multiple access points to biographical and bibliographical information. Can be used as a filter or search engine to enhance retrieval in local environments.
Author: J Paul Getty Trust
Subjects: architects, artists
DeweyClass: 700
Wordsmyth: The Educational Dictionary-Thesaurus: Educational American English dictionary with an integrated thesaurus. Includes a search engine enabling narrow or broad-based searches for definitions and synonyms.
Author: Wordsmyth Collaboratory
Subjects: english language dictionaries, reference
DeweyClass: 030