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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Reference desk

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Location in each library where you can get help in using the library and receive answers to your questions.

Periodical index

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A subject, author, or title Index to a group of periodicals. Examples include the Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, Social Sciences Index, and General Sciences Index.

Transactions

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The published papers read at meetings of a society, association, institution, or other organization, or abstracts of the same. Sometimes synonymous with Proceedings. A general distinction made ...

See reference

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A reference from a heading that is not used to one or more headings that are used. For example, the Library of Congress Subject Headings does not use the heading Native Americans; there is a see ...

Usually describes a method of searching a database using Natural Language rather than a Controlled Vocabulary. The person searching would search as many terms as she/he could think of that would be ...

Autobiography

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An account of a person's life, composed and written by that person.

Newspaper

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A serial issued at stated, frequent intervals (i.e., daily, weekly, or semi-weekly), containing news, opinions, advertisements, and other items of current, often local, interest.