• A short summary of an article or book

Bibliography

• Roots of the word are biblio - book and graphy - writing.
• A bibliography is a list of books and in today's usage can include materials other than books, i.e. periodicals, videos, interviews, websites etc.
• (This word is sometimes confused with biography - they are very different.)

Biography

• The word itself comes from the roots bio-life and graphy- writing - so it literally means a writing about a life .
• An autobiography is a book about a person's life written by the person himself.

Boolean search

• Combination of terms using the words (and, or, not) to search the library catalog or a database.
• Example: history and United States and not video (you just want a book)
• Example: history and United States and video (you already have book sources, now need just videos.

Call number

• The combination of letters and numbers and decimal points that are assigned to library materials as a means of identifying each piece and locating it in the catalog and on the shelf.
• College libraries usually use the Library of Congress classification scheme for assigning call numbers.
• Example: Z683.2.U6 B37

Call Number (analysed)

• Q - science
• QA mathematics. Computers
• QA 9.54 mathematical theory
• QA9.54 B46 math theory by Benson
• QA9.54 B46 1999 Math theory by Benson published in 1999
• Title: The Moment of Proof: Mathematical Epiphanies by Donald C. Benson©1999

Catalog

• The online tool that allows one to access (find) materials in the library collection. The PAC LRC catalog is on a server and is accessed using Internet Explorer. You can find materials by using keywords, author, title or subject.

Circulation Desk

• This is where you check out your materials. You show ID and the material you want and the circulation desk staffer enters the information into the computer and tells you when the material is due back.
• A book is "in circulation" when it is checked out. Due date - when the material must be returned.

Database

• A collection of computerized information content (journal, magazine, newspaper articles)

Journal

• A periodical which includes reports of research, reviewed by peers. Generally no advertising; continuous numbered pages throughout volume.

Keyword

• Usually a keyword in a noun. A keyword search will find any catalog record that uses that term. A very useful keyword search is constructed using the Boolean method i.e. term and second subject term.
• Example: housing and discrimination
• Example: Shakespeare and criticism

Magazine

• A periodical that is entertaining or informative; includes advertisements, the revenue from which help support its publication.
• Examples, Time, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, Variety, Women's Day, People Magazine.

Periodical

• Material that is published at intervals, or periods - monthly, semi-monthly, daily, weekly, annually
• Examples: daily newspaper, weekly magazine, monthly journal, annual report

Reference

• Material to be referred to only in library - not checked out.; Always on hand
• Assistance by library faculty
• Where to find specific information i.e. work cited

Reserves

• Materials that an instructor especially wants all students in the class to have access to. Materials are taken out of the library's general collection, or from the instructor's personal collection and put aside (or reserved) for that class's use.
• Reserve materials are on shelves behind the Circulation Desk.

Search Engine

• Software created to retrieve information from databases and/or from websites

Stacks

• Tall bookshelf ranges that hold books, videos, periodicals etc.

Subject Directory

• An organized list of web pages, selected by specialists and grouped by subject.

Some sites referred to:
http://www.lib.utah.edu/science/glossary.html#s
http://lu.com/odlis/