Controlled Vocabulary vs Natural Language Searching

Consider the following examples of controlled vocabularly terms:

Example 1

UNIVERSITY

Thesaurus Term: COLLEGE STUDENTS

SCOPE NOTE: : Year Term Introduced: 1966. STUDENTS ATTENDING AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION -- INCLUDES ALL LEVELS, 1ST-YEAR THROUGH POSTGRADUATE (NOTE: COORDINATE WITH THE APPROPRIATE MANDATORY EDUCATIONAL LEVEL DESCRIPTOR -- IF POSSIBLE, USE A MORE SPECIFIC TERM) USED FOR: : MIDDLE CLASS COLLEGE STUDENTS; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

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Example 2

WOMEN

Thesaurus Term: FEMALES

SCOPE NOTE: : Year Term Introduced: 1966

USED FOR: : FEMALE ROLE; GIRLS; WOMEN

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ERL ERIC Thesaurus

Internet ERIC Thesaurus

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