Australian Picture Thesaurus (APT)
"A collection of topic terms for indexing Australian images. The APT uses contemporary Australian terminology to describe objects, people, places and structures, activities and concepts depicted in an image. It ensures the common description of pictorial collections across Australian libraries, museums and archives.

Canadian Literacy Thesaurus
"A bilingual list of standardized vocabulary in the area of adult literacy. Developed in consultation with the Canadian literacy community, both the terminology and structure of the Thesaurus reflect the diversity of regional literacy practices and activities across Canada."  The Thesaurus is produced and maintained by the Canadian Literacy Thesaurus Coalition. 

Library of Congress Thesauri
Thesaurus for the Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) which is "the English-language thesaurus now used for The Global Legal Information Network's multi-national database of legislation has been under continuous development since 1950. It is unusual (and possibly unique) among legal finding tools both because of its pragmatic, "not-until-needed" manner of development and its multi-faceted approach to indexing world legislation."

Legislative Indexing Vocabulary (LIV) which is "a thesaurus developed by the Congressional Research Service for use with legislative and public policy material."

Thesaurus for Graphic Materials I: Subject Terms (TGM I) which is "a thesaurus consisting of thousands of terms and numerous cross references for the purpose of indexing visual materials."

Thesaurus for Graphic Materials II: Genre and Physical Characteristic Terms (TGM II) which is "a thesaurus of more than 600 terms, developed by the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, with input from other archival image repositories."

UNESCO Thesaurus
"The UNESCO Thesaurus is a controlled vocabulary developed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation which includes subject terms for the following areas of knowledge: education; science; culture; social and human sciences; information and communication; and politics, law and economics. It also includes the names of countries and groupings of countries (political, economic, geographic, ethnic and religious, and linguistic groupings)."

Web Thesaurus Compendium
Barbara Lutes exceptional collection of links to over 60 web-based thesauri, arranged alphabetically and by subject.  Also includes a section for thesaurus-building tools and software.

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