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.

2Categories 5609Terms

Add a new term

Contributors in Library & information science

Become a Contributors

Library & information science > Chilldren's literature

Elder Wand

Literature; Chilldren's literature

The Elder Wand, known throughout history as the Deathstick or the Wand of Destiny, is an extremely powerful wand made of elder wood with a core of Thestral tail hair.It is ...

Resurrection Stone

Literature; Chilldren's literature

The Resurrection Stone allows the holder to communicate with the dead. According to the fairy tale concerning the origin of the Deathly Hallows, using the Resurrection Stone drove ...

nonverbal spell

Literature; Chilldren's literature

A nonverbal spell is a spell which is performed without saying the incantation out loud.Performing spells non-verbally is very difficult and requires a good deal of practice, as ...

Blast-Ended Skrewt

Literature; Chilldren's literature

The Blast-Ended Skrewt is a hybrid creature bred by Rubeus Hagrid by crossing Manticores and Fire crabs. Whether Hagrid used magic or somehow got the two to mate is unknown.

Draught of Living Death

Literature; Chilldren's literature

The Draught of Living Death is an extremely powerful sleeping draught, sending the drinker into a deathlike slumber, similar to suspended animation.

Felix Felicis

Literature; Chilldren's literature

Felix Felicis, also called "Liquid Luck", is a magical potion that makes the drinker lucky for a period of time, during which everything they attempt will be successful.

bezoar

Literature; Chilldren's literature

As every first year Potions student learns, a bezoar is a stonelike mass taken from the stomach of a goat that acts as an antidote to most poisons, but does not work on ...