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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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Photocopier

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A machine that reproduces the markings from a piece of paper or a page onto a different piece of paper using a photographic process.

Unbound volumes

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Current, individual issues of a periodical title that are not yet gathered together as a hardback volume.

A method of combining search terms by expressing the relationship of one concept to another generally using 'and', 'or', 'not'. The expression "Value 1 and Value 2" requires both values to be in the ...

Retrospective materials

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Sources of information published after an event has occurred.

Peer review process

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Method used by scholarly journals to assure the quality and relevance of the articles they publish. When an article is submitted, the editor sends copies to several reviewers (or "referees") who are ...

Access

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In computer-based information retrieval, the method by which a computer refers to records in a file, dependent upon their arrangement. In archives, the general ability to make use of the records of a ...

Index

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A list, in alphabetical or numerical order, of the topics, names, etc. That are treated or mentioned in a publication or group of publications, along with references to the pages where the topics are ...