Within the Department the Thesaurus has been used for the subject metadata element for the Departmental internet.
The Thesaurus can be used for classification or indexing of all types of documents and files, from personal files to corporate databases, and hence to assist in retrieval of corporate information. It is also used in Document management and Record management systems.
The Australian Health Thesaurus is managed by Healthdirect Australia and is available from the Healthdirect website which includes an online version of the Health Thesaurus.