Women's Thesaurus
Since 1998 Aletta maintains the Women's Thesaurus with keywords on the position of women and women's studies. The online Thesaurus provides access to the rich cross-references and multiple levels of relationships within the thesaurus. The Women's Thesaurus is a tool for indexing and retrieving women's information in the collection of Aletta and other libraries and archives.
Search by keyword
The Women’s Thesaurus contains keywords for the retrieval of information on the position of women and women’s studies. Women's information may be about anything that concerns the everyday life and position of women in society, for example anorexia nervosa, feminist media, images of women, lesbian mothers, migration, re-entering the labour market or sexual violence. It may be about historical subjects such as black women's history, the first feminist wave, women's suffrage or witches. But it is also about theoretical developments in women’s studies and feminist scholarship, like nature culture debate, queer theory and theories of power.Other search options
In addition to searching by keyword it is also possible to search by specific category, country, period, profession ór the form of information (such as a diary or a song).Reference structure
In the Women’s Thesaurus keywords have been included with the related reference structure: indicated is which broader, specific or related terms can be used. For instance, if you cannot find enough information with the term feminism, use the broader term social movements. Do you want to refine you search, then use more specific terms like first feminist wave or radical feminism. Related terms as anti-feminism or black feminism are also suggested.Women's Thesaurus used in the Netherlands and abroad
The online Women's Thesaurus is an up-to-date version of the publication European Women’s Thesaurus: list of controlled terms for indexing information on the position of women and women’s studies(1998) composed by Gusta Drenthe and Maria van der Sommen, published by the IIAV (now Aletta) and the Anna Maria van Schuurman Centrum (AMSC), Graduate School for Advanced Research on Women’s Studies of the Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht. The European Women’s Thesaurus and the Dutch original version Vrouwenthesaurus (1992), are used by Aletta and many other women information’s services in The Netherlands and other countries.Questions or comments
Aletta maintains the Women's Thesaurus since 1992. Adding new keywords is necessary as new concepts evolve and it may also be necessary to modify existing or delete keywords. If you have questions or comments about the Women's Thesaurus, please contact the information desk.Contact
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