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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rack

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Shelf or shelves used for displaying books, magazines, periodicals or other library materials. See Also Range, Stack, Shelving.

periodical

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Materials published at regular intervals (at least 3 times a year) and intended to be continued indefinitely. Examples of periodicals include magazines, journals, and newsletters.

see reference

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A reference from a heading that is not used to one or more headings that are used. For example, the Library of Congress Subject Headings does not use the heading Native Americans; there is a see ...

Usually describes a method of searching a database using Natural Language rather than a Controlled Vocabulary. The person searching would search as many terms as she/he could think of that would be ...

autobiography

Library & information science; Library

An account of a person’s life, composed and written by that person.

newspaper

Library & information science; Library

A serial issued at stated, frequent intervals (i.e., daily, weekly, or semi-weekly), containing news, opinions, advertisements, and other items of current, often local, interest.