Thesaurus


Search for subject headings:
  Exact matches only
  Show complete thesaurus

definitions of thesaurus terminology

definitions of terms used in thesaurus entries


  • 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.


E.U. 

EARNINGS (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Annual compensation or remuneration as part of employment, net income from a non-farm unincorporated business and/or professional practice, and/or net farm self-employment income. For hourly employment compensation use "wages".

EARNINGS INEQUALITY 

EASTERN CANADA (Search for related entries in the library)

EASTERN EUROPE (Search for related entries in the library)

ECOFEMINISM (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A branch of feminism interested in the relationship between gender-based oppression and the destruction of the environment (often through technological means).

ECONOMIC CITIZENSHIP 

Scope Note: Either the economic requirements of citizenship (such as those associated with classes of immigrants) or the economic conditions experienced by individuals that either allow for or prohibit full participation in all aspects of citizenship.

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS (Search for related entries in the library)

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (Search for related entries in the library)

ECONOMIC FAMILIES (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common-law, or adoption.