Veterinary - Research Databases

The CABI Thesaurus provides the controlled vocabulary within CABI Digital Library that provides access to preferred subject terms. It is used to index all the key concepts of an article. Using subject terms from a controlled vocabulary gives you more precise, relevant search results.

When searching a term in the CABI Thesaurus, the results will display broader and narrower search terms as well as related terms. Using broader, narrower, or related terms can help you find more relevant search results.

Within the CABI Thesaurus, you can select terms to build a CABI Digital Library search.

To access the CABI Thesaurus, from the CABI Digital Library homepage, select Menu at the top left corner. Under the Search and Discover tab, select the CABI Thesaurus link.

The CABI Thesaurus can also be accessed at the top of each list of search results by selecting the "Thesaurus" link in the note: "Optimize your search query with the help of our Thesaurus". 

2. Within CABI Thesaurus, enter your search term in the search box and then click the orange arrow below the search box.

3. From the results list, you can add any of the retrieved terms to the "Search string" builder box at the right by clicking the orange "add" button to the right of the term.

4. To explore a term, including subject category, broader, narrower, preferred, and related terms, click on the term in the results list. From within the term record, you can add broader, narrower, preferred, and related terms to the search string builder.

Be aware that the default Boolean operator in the CABI Thesaurus search string builder is OR. You can manually change the Boolean operator to AND or NOT if needed.

For more information, go to CABI Thesaurus.