ABSTRACT
An abstract is
a concise summary of an article.
Annotation
A
note describing, summarizing or evaluating an article or a book.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY
An account or
written history of someone's life
BOOLEAN
OPERATORS
The use of AND, OR, NOT, NEAR to narrow or broaden your search.
CALL
NUMBER
The
numbers and letters that appear on the label on the spine of books. This alphanumerical
system reflects the subject of the Library of Congress. See also below under LC
CIRCULATION
Library
material that can be checked out for a specific period of time.
CITATION
A citation provides basic information about a work in order that it may be identified
and located. A book citation will include author, title, place of publication,
publisher, date.
CROSS
REFERENCE
A reference
from one term to another. Ex: Capital Punishment. See Death Penalty.
DATABASE
Collection of records organized by fields (title, subject, author, etc.)
HOLD
To reserve a circulating book for a patron.
INDEX
Alphabetical
listing of names, places, subjects, along with the number of the pages in which
they are mentioned or discussed on the book or periodical.
JOURNAL
Periodical
publication that is scholarly in nature.
LC or LIBRARY of CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
A system of classifying or
organizing the materials by subject. Each subject is represented by a different
letter or letters. For example all material on art will be found under the letter
N; all material on medicine will be found under the letter R.
ON-LINE CATALOG
Electronic
listing of the materials owned by E.P.C.C. Libraries.
ONLINE
DATABASES
Subscription
service on the Web to find articles mostly in periodicals. Some
with full text and remote access.
PERIODICALS
Any publication published on a regular basis, more frequently than once a
year. This includes magazines, newspapers, journals, newsletters.
PRIMARY
DOCUMENTS/SOURCES
Firsthand
accounts. Ex: oral histories, photographs, artifacts, interviews, diaries, government
documents, etc.
REFERENCE
Materials used
for consultation, for concise, general or specific information, facts, statistics,
etc. Examples of reference works are encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs, handbooks
or manuals, and directories.
RESERVE
Material
reserved by instructors which does NOT circulate.
SEARCH
ENGINE
A program that searches for documents/sites on the Web.
SUBJECT
HEADINGS
Uniform terms used by libraries nationwide to designate
particular topics.
UNION
LIST
Alphabetical listing of all the periodicals available at the Community College
Libraries.
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