Project STAND Controlled Vocabulary Builder
Project STAND Controlled Vocabulary Builder
*Note: Feel free to choose as many terms from each Tier that might apply to your collection.
Tier 1: More general terms that could probably apply broadly to many (or all) Project STAND collections:
- Activism
- Discrimination
- Movements
- Protest
- Student Life
Tier 2: Less general topical (or ideological) term that gives focus to the Tier 1 term:
- Academic Freedom
- Anarchism
- Animal Testing
- Anti-Apartheid
- Anti-Slavery
- Anti-War
- Arms Control
- Civil Rights
- Climate Change
- Communism
- Conscientious Objection
- Conservatism
- Economically Disadvantaged/Poor/Poverty
- Environmentalism
- Feminism
- Food Scarcity/Hunger
- Free Speech
- Freedom of Expression
- Freedom of the Press
- Human Rights
- Immigration
- Labor Movement/Interests of Labor
- Liberalism
- Militarism
- Peace
- Political Activism
- Political Correctness
- Political Movements
- Prison Education/Reform
- Radicalism
- Science
- Social Justice
- Socialism
- Student Unrest
- Tenure
- Tuition
- Women’s Rights
Tier 3: More narrow term, gives scope to the Tier 2 term, refers to a specific population:
- Administrators/Faculty/Staff
- African-American
- Asian-American
- Commuter Students
- Disabled/Differently Abled/Disabled Persons/Disabled Rights
- Global
- International
- Latinx
- LGBTQ
- Native American
- Refugees
- Religious Minorities
- ROTC
Tier 4: Very specific term that may only apply to a single event/time period:
- Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- SDS/Students for a Democratic Society
- Vietnam War
- World War II
Building a list of preferred terms:
[Terms from Tier 1] — [Terms from Tier 2] — [Terms from Tier 3] — [Terms from Tier 4]
EXAMPLES:
student life — student unrest — protests — riots
activism — political movements — women’s rights
student life — movements — anti-racism
protest — political movements — anti-apartheid
discrimination — women’s rights
student life — protest — political movements — anti-war
activism — animal testing — protests
student life — protest — civil rights
protest — anti-slavery
student life — student unrest — political movements — conservatism