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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.


LABOUR TURNOVER (Search for related entries in the library)

LABOUR UNIONS (Search for related entries in the library)

LABOURERS 

LABOURING CLASS 

LANCASTER (Search for related entries in the library)

LANDED IMMIGRANTS 

LANGUAGE (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A variable used in the statistical tables. Language usage is influenced by geographic location, race, ethnicity and social class.

LANGUAGES 

LATIN AMERICA (Search for related entries in the library)

LATIN AMERICAN CANADIANS