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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.


ABORIGINAL PERSONS (Search for related entries in the library)

ABORIGINALS 

ABORTION 

ABSENCE FROM WORK 

ABSENTEEISM (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Patterns of absence from paid employment that may be indicative of occupational health hazards and/or work stress.

ABUSE (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Poor, inappropriate and/or illegal treatment or neglect of a person.

ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Ability, right, or privilege to use technology. This is contingent on other conditions or attributes, including technological literacy, economic and social access to the infrastructure and equipment, and time and space in which to use it.

ACCOUNTING FIRMS 

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME 

ACTION RESEARCH (Search for related entries in the library)