The Scope Note Display Page appears when you click the "i" button for any subject heading term, or when you use the "scope" command from the Main Search Page command line.

1. Click the Tree Display button to go back to the previous screen and continue selecting terms.
2. Click the Main Search Page button to cancel the selection process.

Scope notes are written by the database producer. They usually tell when the term was first used in indexing, how it has been applied, and other information relevant to your search. Important: scope notes are available only in databases that produce scope notes for their vocabulary. Not all databases will have scope notes available.

An example scope note is shown below: