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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.


PERSONS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES 

PHILADELPHIA (Search for related entries in the library)

PHILIPPINES (Search for related entries in the library)

  • BROADER TERM(S)
  • ASIA

PHILOSOPHY (Search for related entries in the library)

PHYSICAL ABUSE (Search for related entries in the library)

PHYSICALLY-DISABLED PERSONS 

PHYSICIANS (Search for related entries in the library)

PICKETING 

PINK-COLLAR WORKERS (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Workers employed in a women-dominated service-based position.

PITTSBURGH