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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.


HOMELESS 

HOMELESS PERSONS (Search for related entries in the library)

HOMELESSNESS 

HOMEMAKERS (Search for related entries in the library)

HOMEWORK (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Paid work performed for an outside entity at one's house or another location outside the premises of an employer or like entity (e.g. contractors). Distinguished from unpaid domestic labour.

HOMOPHOBIA 

HOMOSEXUAL 

HOMOSEXUALITY 

HONG KONG (Search for related entries in the library)

HONORARY CITIZENSHIP