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Gale Social Sciences Thesaurus

The Gale Social Sciences thesaurus is a large thesaurus in the domain of anthropology, economics, education, geography, history, law, library science, political science, psychology, sociology, and sports/recreation. Each of these categories is also available for license as an individual thesaurus.

General information
Vocabulary alternative name or acronym: 
Vocabulary type: 
thes
Author or Editor: 
Gale, A Cengage Company
Current version/edition : 
Update frequency: 
Continuous
Available formats: 
CSV, Excel
Vocabulary URL: 
Vocabulary Sample URL: 
Was vocabulary created as a course project: 
0
Scope and Usage
Languages: 

English

Major subjects covered: 

Anthropology, economics, education, geography, history, law, library science, political science, psychology, sociology, and sports/recreation.

Minor subjects covered: 
Purpose: 

To index published articles, reference content, and multimedia

Used By: 

Gale, A Cengage Company

Overlap with related vocabularies: 
Mappings to other vocabularies: 
Vocabulary characteristics
Type of display : 
hier
alph
full
Description of overall structure: 
Type of terms: 
Relationship types: 
eq_pri_eq
hier_bn
rel_t
Number of classes: 
Number of terms: 
28,422
Number of preferred terms: 
13,627
Number of Non-Preferred terms: 
14,795
Depth of Hierarchy: 
9
Characteristics Comments: 
Terms and Conditions
Availability: 
Paid non-exclusive license
Availability Comments: 

Subsets of the thesaurus are also available for license for the individual fields of anthropology, economics, education, geography, history, law, library science, political science, psychology, sociology, and sports/recreation.

Licensing Options: 
Purchase/Subscription Price: 
Contact for price.
Import/download instructions : 

Will be provided.

Provider
Vocabulary provider name: 
Gale, A Cengage Company
Provider contact details: 

27500 Drake Rd., Farmington Hills, MI, 48331, United States
https://www.gale.com/license/partners/contact-licensing-partners

Provider section comments: