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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reserve materials

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A selection of specific books, periodical articles and other materials which faculty have indicated that students must read for a particular course. These materials are usually ...

hypertext

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A document format which includes the use of specially coded terms or images which, when selected or "clicked," connect to a linked location or file, or carry out a command to run ...

bibliographic record

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The unit of information fields (e.g. Title, author, publication date, etc. ) which describe and identify a specific item in a bibliographic database.

microcard

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A trade name for a 3 x 5 inch sheet of opaque material bearing one or more microimages.

bibliographic database

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A database which indexes and contains references to the original sources of information. It contains information about the documents in it rather than the documents themselves.

keyword searching

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Searching which uses a few keywords, or important words, to retrieve books or articles on a specific topic or associated with those words in some way. The keywords could be used ...