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Surveys

Scope note

Documentation of examinations or inspections conducted in order to achieve a comprehensive view, as of a place, a group of related items, or to ascertain condition or value. For detailed lists of items on hand, or of items in a given category, use "inventories." For sets of questions submitted to a number of persons to obtain information, use "questionnaires."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000226986

Broader Terms used

<document genres by function>

Narrower Terms used

records surveys
land surveys

Equivalent Terms used

survey

Created

13yrs ago

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