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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incunabula

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A book printed before 1501.

FirstSearch

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OCLC's end-user online reference menu accessing several databases, which are determined by each participating library.

Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme

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A method developed in the nineteenth century by Melville Dewey to classify and shelve items by using numbers to represent subject content. It is a highly structured arrangement of ...

carrel

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A study area for one person.

boolean logic

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Referring to logical or algebraic operations, formulated by George Boole, involving variables with two values, such as Value 1 and Value 2; Value 1 or Value 2; and Value 1 but not ...

Superintendent of Documents (SuDocs)

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The classification scheme used by the U. S. Superintendent of Documents which is used to create call numbers for most U. S. Government documents.

Superintendent of Documents Classification System

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A system of arranging federal government publications in an alpha/ numerical order based on the name of the major issuing government department (such as Agriculture Department, ...