# /research/projects/termservices/resources/ulan.htm

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# ULAN

## Vocabulary:

  ULAN — Union List of Artist Names®

## Description:

  The Union List of Artist Names® (ULAN) thesaurus is a controlled vocabulary produced by the Getty and used for indexing, cataloging, and searching for biomedical and health-related information and documents. The ULAN thesaurus contains 42 descriptor records, 83 qualifier records, and 891 descriptor/qualifier combinations, for a total of 1,016 records.

## Expressions:

  20050110

    The value '20050110' is used as «expr» for the info:kos info:kos URI specification and corresponds to the date, 10 January 2005, when the ULAN® download page was last updated on the U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services Web site.

## Resources:

  MARC21 MARC-XML
    - Files
    - Field and Subfield Statistics
  Experimental Interfaces
    - Terminologies Services Pilot Terminologies Services Pilot

## Related Resources:

  Union List of Artist Names
    - Union List of Artist Names FAQ
    - Union List of Artist Names Online Browser
    - Union List of Artist Names sample records
  Project-related standards

Please send comments or questions to: kos@oclc.org.