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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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Book review

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An evaluation or discussion of a new book by a critic or journalist.

Peer-reviewed article

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A scholarly article published in a peer-reviewed journal.

In database searching, the addition of a special symbol (*, #, ?, etc. ) to the root of a word to match any record in a database that begins with the letters to the left of the symbol. For example in ...

Copy card

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A small plastic card that can be purchased and used in library photocopiers and laser printers on campus. (However at this time they do NOT work in Microfiche/film reader/printers). Copies made using ...

Thesaurus

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A list of all the subject headings or descriptors used in a particular database, catalog, or index. The thesaurus for the online catalogue is the Library of Congress Subject Headings. See also ...

Field specific search

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A search of a Database that identifies the occurrence of a term, using either Free Text or Controlled Vocabulary, in a particular Field in the database. A field specific search is more precise than ...