Thesaurus

definitions of thesaurus terminology

definitions of terms used in thesaurus entries

• SCOPE NOTE: explains HOW the term has been used to index items in the library database; defines the term
• USE: denotes a preferred term or phrase
• USED FOR: indicates terms or phrases that are NOT used to index items in the library database; these terms or phrases are considered synonymous with the indicated preferred term (only use "preferred terms" when searching the library database)
• BROADER TERM: broader or more general terms or phrases
• NARROWER TERM: narrower or more specific terms or phrases; a subset of the indicated broader term
• RELATED TERM: a term or phrase that is conceptually or associatively linked with the indicated preferred term

Thesaurus: 1501 entries.

LAYOFFS 

• USE

LAY OFFS

LEADERSHIP 

• NARROWER TERM(S)

SHARED LEADERSHIP

UNION LEADERSHIP

• RELATED TERM(S)

CRITICAL MASS

INFORMAL LEADERSHIP

PROPORTIONALITY

LEGISLATION 

• USE

LAW

LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORKS (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: The structure provided by existing laws, legal mechanisms and judicial bodies in a given jurisdiction. This both enables and imposes limits on what can be done legally.

• NARROWER TERM(S)

REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS

LEISURE TIME (Search for related entries in the library)

• BROADER TERM(S)

TIME USE

• RELATED TERM(S)

WORK AND FAMILY

• USED FOR

FREE TIME

LESBIANISM 

• USE

SEXUAL ORIENTATION

LESBIANS 

• USE

SEXUAL ORIENTATION

LIBERALISM (Search for related entries in the library)

• BROADER TERM(S)

POLITICAL SCIENCE

SOCIAL SCIENCES

• NARROWER TERM(S)

NEOLIBERALISM

LIBRARIANS 

• BROADER TERM(S)

PROFESSIONALS

LIFE COURSE (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: An individual's trajectory from birth to death, involving life stages and rites of passage that are socially-constructed, institutionally-shaped, and historically-contigent.

• RELATED TERM(S)

SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION

SOCIAL LOCATION