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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audiovisual

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Information in a non-print format. Includes films, slides, audiotapes, videocassettes, records, software. Also referred to as media.

abridged dictionary

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Abridged dictionaries limit themselves to the most commonly used words.

Refers to items retrieved from a database matching criteria you set. For example, if a keyword title search in the online catalog for "linguistics" that yields 38 items, that can also be called 38 ...

search

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# To look for information contained in a database by entering words or numbers in a search box. # A process by which library circulation staff look in various library locations for a missing item and ...

refereed journal

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A refereed journal or peer-reviewed journal is one in which the process to determine if an article will be accepted for publication is done by professional colleagues, or peers (also known as the ...