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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gazetteer

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A geographical dictionary; usually includes longitude and latitude of a given place, population, size, etc.

corporate entry

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A corporate body (company, institution, government agency, etc. ) which is listed in a cataloging record as a heading for a publication (e.g., because the publication has no ...

card catalog

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A card file, arranged by author, title, and subject, listing all items owned by a library. The Main Card Catalog contains records for every cataloged item in the Library System ...

truncation

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In database searching, the addition of a special symbol (*, #, ?, etc. ) to the root of a word to match any record in a database that begins with the letters to the left of the ...

gopher

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Computer software developed at the University of Minnesota that allows computers to find information on other computers. Generally obsolete, it has been replaced by the advent of ...

subheading

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A subdivision of a more general subject heading. For example in the Library of Congress Subject Heading United States--History, History is a subheading of United States.