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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.


NAFTA 

NANNIES 

NATIONAL CITIZENSHIP 

Scope Note: Formal citizenship granted by nation states normally to those born in within a country and legal permanent residents who fulfill specified criteria.

NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE 

NATIONAL UNION OF PUBLIC AND GENERAL EMPLOYEES 

NATIONALISM (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: An ideology premised on the notion of a homogeneous and distinctive nation or community inhabited by people with shared characteristics such as ethnicity, language, heritage, or interest.

NATIONALITY 

NATIVE LANGUAGE (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: The language which an individual considers to be his or her primary language and/or that which s/he has learned from birth.

NATIVE PERSONS 

NATIVES