Thesaurus Components

The thesaurus consists of terms and the structured relationships bewteen those terms, bounded by choices about style and coverage and by guidelines for its use, which include reference to external resources.

Structure & Style	Guidelines for Use	Thesaurus Terms
Purpose Sources Subject Coverage Numbers of Terms Style Structure and Relationships Layout and Displays Word Forms, Abbreviations, Spelling Vocabulary Control Term Selection ERIC Terms Place Names Complex Concepts	Using the IIS Thesaurus System Indexing Guidelines Thesaurus Maintenance Acknowledgements	Alphabetical view (HTML) Hierarchical view (HTML) IIS Thesaurus ".the" file (requires TheW32 software) Download TheW32 (free thesaurus construction software) Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors (to be used with IIS Thesaurus) UNESCO Thesaurus (for geographical place names)