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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United Nations documents

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Publications produced by the United Nations. These documents are housed in the Government Documents Library and in the Main Stacks.

Xerox

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Registered trademark often misused as a generic term for photocopying.

Prepared by the National Information Standards Organization, Z39. 50 is an information retrieval service definition and protocol specification for library applications. The standard defines how one ...

commands

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Symbols and/or terms used to retrieve computer-stored information.

current periodicals

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The latest or most recent issues of journals and magazines that the library receives.

controlled vocabulary

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The standardization of words and phrases used by a subject specialist when creating subject headings for an article, document, book, etc. For a specific index or catalog. Using a controlled ...