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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FirstSearch

Library & information science; Library

OCLC's end-user online reference menu accessing several databases, which are determined by each participating library.

Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme

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A method developed in the nineteenth century by Melville Dewey to classify and shelve items by using numbers to represent subject content. It is a highly structured arrangement of all areas of ...

Boolean logic

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Referring to logical or algebraic operations, formulated by George Boole, involving variables with two values, such as Value 1 and Value 2; Value 1 or Value 2; and Value 1 but not Value 2.

Superintendent of Documents (SuDocs)

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The classification scheme used by the U. S. Superintendent of Documents which is used to create call numbers for most U. S. Government documents.

Superintendent of Documents Classification System

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A system of arranging federal government publications in an alpha/ numerical order based on the name of the major issuing government department (such as Agriculture Department, Commerce Department, ...

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.

Reserve materials

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A selection of specific books, periodical articles and other materials which faculty have indicated that students must read for a particular course. These materials are usually kept together in one ...