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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downloading

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Refers to the transfer of search results into a file on a disc or drive.

bound volume

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Formed when issues of a periodical title are gathered to form a hardback volume.

This term can apply to two types of publications: 1) A Periodical intended for the employees of a company providing news and other items of interest for those employees, or 2) A Periodical covering ...

range

Library & information science; Library

A row of book shelves, usually double-faced, anywhere in the library. Range is sometimes synonymous with Stack.

online database

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Computer databases. Bibliographic databases provide access by author, title, and subject to a group of periodicals, books, or proceedings. Numeric databases provide access to statistical information.

thesis

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# The main idea or argument of a paper. # A document prepared as a condition for the award of a degree or diploma. For example, a Masters thesis.

desiderata

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A list of items which are out-of-print or hard to obtain. Requestors have indicated that the title should be added to the collection and searched on the out-of-print market.