USGS Thesaurus

• Name: USGS Thesaurus
• Alternative Name: -
• Source Document Link: https://apps.usgs.gov/thesaurus/
• Description: The USGS Thesaurus is a controlled vocabulary providing category terms for scientific information products generated by the U.S. Geological Survey. It is designed as a formal thesaurus conforming to ANSI/NISO Z39.19. The thesaurus is faceted, meaning its top terms delineate general aspects of information resources: sciences, methods, topics, product types, time periods, instutional structures and activities.
• Type: thesaurus
• Used by Disciplines: Earth Science
• Keywords: usgs, science, categories, topics, time periods, organizational structures, activity, methods