Collection: Uses Controlled List

This property is: Optional.

Definition

A classification scheme or thesaurus used by the collection.

Examples

Examples of values for this property, and an explanation of the reasoning for the values.
Value Explanation
LCSH The thesaurus used by AHDS Literature, Languages and Linguistics is Library of Congress Subject Headings.
LCSH You may search the Archives Hub collection using Library of Congress Subject Headings or the UNESCO Thesaurus.
UNESCO
DDC Records in Zetoc may searched using terms from either Dewey Decimal Classification or Library of Congress Classification.
LCC
LCSH Records in Copac may searched using terms from either Library of Congress Subject Headings or Medical Subject Headings.
MESH
BIOSIS Four vocabularies can be used when searching in EDINA BIOSIS: the BIOSIS Controlled Vocabulary, CAS Registry Numbers, Enzyme Commission Numbers and Medical Subject Headings.
CAS
ENZYME
MESH
LOCAL A locally defined classification scheme is used to search the JSTOR collection (searching in JSTOR is based on a thesaurus created from natural language terms).
DDC Records in the JISC Information Environment Service Registry use the following subject schemes:
  • Dewey Decimal Classification
  • Humanities And Social Sciences Electronic Thesaurus (version 3.0)
  • Joint Academic Coding System of the Higher Education Statistics Agency
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings
  • Collection uses its own local vocabulary
  • Medical Subject Headings
  • Universal Decimal Classification
  • UNESCO Thesaurus
HASSET
JACS
LCSH
LOCAL
MESH
UDC
UNESCO

Guidelines

This property is relevant for direct machine-to-machine searching of the collection.

The terms used for this property are defined by the IESR Controlled Vocabularies List.

Do not enter a value for this property if the collection does not use a vocabulary, or is not searchable by subject terms or keywords. Use the value LOCAL (for Collection uses its own local vocabulary) if the collection uses a locally defined vocabulary or natural language terms.

Please contact us if the collection uses a defined thesaurus or classification scheme that is not listed.

Occurrence

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