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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
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  • 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.


TEMPORARY MIGRATION (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Movement intended to be for a defined period, normally with the worker maintaining a home or family in the location of origin.

TEMPORARY WORK 

TEXAS (Search for related entries in the library)

TEXTILE INDUSTRY 

THAILAND (Search for related entries in the library)

  • BROADER TERM(S)
  • ASIA

THIRD SECTOR (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: The not-for-profit or volunteer sector. Generally refers to that sector which is not government, family, or profits market sector.

THIRD WORLD 

TIME USE (Search for related entries in the library)

TODDLERS 

TOKEN 

Scope Note: A union leader or staff person who is the single representative of a marginalized group. Often pressured to either set aside their equity concerns and/or to stand in as representative of all members of that equity-seeking group.