Library & information science

Library & information science

A multidisciplinary field that focuses on the practices, tools of management, information technology, education, and other perspectives to libraries; the collection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of information resources; and the political economy of information.

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Azkaban

Literature; Chilldren's literature

Azkaban, also known as Azkaban Prison, is a prison on an island in the middle of the North Sea. It serves the magical community of Great Britain.

Dementor

Literature; Chilldren's literature

A Dementor is a non-being[1] and Dark creature, considered one of the foulest to inhabit the world. Dementors feed off human happiness, and thus cause depression and ...

Buckbeak

Literature; Chilldren's literature

Buckbeak was a hipogriff, one of many dangerous pets owned by Hagrid. He lived with Rubeus Hagrid and many other Hippogriffs, but was later sentenced to death, due to being ...

hipogriff

Literature; Chilldren's literature

A Hippogriff is a magical creature that has the front legs, wings, and head of a giant eagle and the body, hind legs and tail of a horse.

Dark Mark

Literature; Chilldren's literature

The Dark Mark is the symbol of Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters. It refers both to a magically induced brand that every Death Eater bears on his or her inner left forearm, and ...

Death Eater

Literature; Chilldren's literature

The Death Eaters was the name given to followers of Lord Voldemort. The group primarily consisted of wizards and witches who were radical pure blood supremacists and who practised ...

Auror

Literature; Chilldren's literature

An Auror is a member of an elite unit of highly-trained, specialist officers within the Department of Magical Law Enforcement of the Ministry of Magic trained to investigate ...