Copyright (c) 2009 Florida International University All rights reserved. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/glworks Recent documents in Works of the Green Library en-us Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:18:55 PDT 3600 http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/glworks/4 http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/glworks/4 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:44:02 PDT Paper published in Thompson, Hugh A. Editor, Crossing the Divide, Proceedings of the ACRL 10th National Conference, March 15-18, 2001, Denver, CO. H. Minnie King Dunbar http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/glworks/3 http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/glworks/3 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:32:47 PDT Gail P. Clement http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/glworks/2 http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/glworks/2 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:12:41 PDT Gail P. Clement http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/glworks/1 http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/glworks/1 Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:17:09 PST The Everglades Online Thesaurus is a structured vocabulary of concepts and terms relating to the south Florida environment. Designed as an information management tool for both researchers and metadata creators, the Thesaurus is intended to improve information retrieval across the many disparate information systems, databases, and web sites that provide Everglades-related information. The vocabulary provided by the Everglades Online Thesaurus expresses each relevant concept using a single 'preferred term', whereas in natural language many terms may exist to express that same concept. In this way, the Thesaurus offers the possibility of standardizing the terminology used to describe Everglades-related information -- an important factor in predictable and successful resource discovery. Gail P. Clement