Library

Library

A collection of books, references, sources, services organized and maintained by a public entity, an institution, or a private individual.

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gazetteer

Library & information science; Library

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 personal author).

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 from 1868-1975. Each ...

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 symbol. For example in ...

gopher

Library & information science; Library

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 the web browser.

subheading

Library & information science; Library

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.