InfoEd recently advised me that the thesaurus they use in SPIN is
proprietary, though developed from the original Rodman version.

Chuck

At 12:48 PM 8/25/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello,
>The original grants keyword thesaurus was free to all. However, it has
>gone through multiple changes and additions by several different
>organizations over the past 15 years (Infoed, Community of Science and
>Rodman Assoc themselves; and IRIS may also have used the original Rodman
>thesaurus). The most recent thesaurus (thesauri?) is now proprietary as
>far as I am aware.
>           I doubt you can get an electronic copy, but you may be able to
> get a license agreement from one of the major players in the grant
> information arena.
>           If I am wrong in any of this, someone please correct me.
>Elsa Nadler
>
> >>> xxxxxx@MAILER.FSU.EDU 25-Aug-03 11:47:57 AM >>>
>RAMS-FIE used to have available for download the Grants Keyword
>Thesaurus. They had a license from Rodman & Associates. I can't find a
>website with any current information.
>
>Two questions for the group: Is the Grants Keyword Thesaurus still the
>preferred set of keywords? If so, how do I get an electronic copy? If
>there are other sets you can recommend, please do so.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Diana Hyde
>Florida State University
>
>
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