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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.


LAYOFFS 

LEADERSHIP 

LEGISLATION 

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.

LEISURE TIME (Search for related entries in the library)

LESBIANISM 

LESBIANS 

LIBERALISM (Search for related entries in the library)

LIBRARIANS 

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.