Examine and compare the entries for “Atoms”, “Minerals”, “Angles” and “Cars” on SCOT and SCIS Subject Headings Online to see examples of the differences between these two controlled vocabulary approaches.
Atoms: SCISSHL has 'Used for' and 'related terms', as well as broader terms and narrower terms, whereas ScOT only has the latter two.
Minerals: SCISSHL says 'USE mineralogy', ScOT has the term Minerals (Mineralogy). Both have BT, NT and RTs, though SCISSHL has more of each.
Angles: The SCISSHL search puts 'angles' right at the top of the results, whereas the SCOT search appears to show everything with the word angles in it. SCISSHL only has the one broader term for this one, whereas ScOT has HEAPS of narrower terms and some related terms as well.
Cars: ScOT uses the word 'cars' as an allowed term, whereas SCISSHL says to use 'motor cars'. SCISSHL has an indexing note (IN) and a specific example note (SEN) for motor cars, and a number of broader and narrower terms. SCOT has a few of these terms, but no other descriptions. The term TNR has come up for each search result term in ScOT, I wonder what it means... Can't seem to find the answer to that question anywhere...
Very sleepy now - need to decide whether to have a nap or go shopping for tea... Or both....
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