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  • 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.


JUSTICE (Search for related entries in the library)

KENYA (Search for related entries in the library)

KOREA (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Used for both North and South Korea.

KOREAN AMERICANS 

KOREAN CANADIANS 

LA PAZ 

LABOR 

LABOUR (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: The collective human physical or mental effort or activity expended in the production and distribution of goods or services.

LABOUR AGREEMENTS 

LABOUR ARBITRATION