Using a database thesaurus
A thesaurus is a list of terms used in databases to give consistent labels to articles which describe the same concept, but in a variety of ways.

What is a thesaurus?
A thesaurus is a list of terms, structured hierarchically, showing....

• broader - more general terms,
• narrower - more specific term, and
• related terms.
• You will also see ‘Use for’ terms: they can be useful to translate ‘lay terms’ into scholarly terms.

Example: thesaurus terms in databases
Muller, F., van Zoonen, L., & de Roode, L. (2008). The integrative power of sport: Imagined and real effects of sport events on multicultural integration. Sociology of Sport Journal, 25(3), 387-401.

Exercise: Using a database thesaurus.

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