<P> The European Thesaurus on International Relations and Area Studies (abbreviated: European Thesaurus) is a multilingual, interdisciplinary thesaurus covering the subject fields of International Relations and Area Studies . The European Thesaurus consists of about 8.200 descriptors organised in 24 subdomains . To enhance the access to the thesaurus' controlled vocabulary the descriptors are arranged both alphabetically as well as systematically . The semantic relationships (equivalence, hierarchy, association) between all individual descriptors have been established . The European Thesaurus is intended to be used primarily in bibliographic databases for indexing and retrieval of professional literature from the relevant domains . The European Thesaurus can, in addition, even serve as a terminological reference work and / or as a translation tool in international affairs matters . </P> <P> The European Thesaurus was developed by an international working group in the framework of a terminology cooperation project carried out by the European Information Network on International Relations and Area Studies (EINIRAS). </P>

European thesaurus on international relations and area studies