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Abstract
An abstract is a short summary describing the main idea or content of a work such as an article, book, or dissertation.
Annotation
Unlike an abstract, which is an objective description or summary of a work, an annotation is a critical or subjective evaluation of a piece of work, usually included in a bibliography or citation.
Article
Sometimes referred to as a paper, an article is a brief composition on a subject, usually appearing in a magazine or journal.
Barcode Number
The digit number appearing beneath the barcode found inside the front or back cover of a book. Barcode numbers for AUC Library books begin with to digits + xk and are used to charge, discharge, and renew books on the online computer system.
Bibliography
A bibliography is a list of citations that appear at the end of a paper, article, chapter or book. There are also books entirely made up of bibliographies. These are usually compilations of
Bibsys
BIBSYS is a library data center offering services to all Norwegian University Libraries, the National Library, all college libraries, and a number of research libraries. The BIBSYS Library database contains information about books, periodicals etc. held by these libraries.The database is free for all to search, with no password required. Users registered at a BIBSYS library with a patron ID, may order loan or copies of articles.
Browser
Software program used to view web pages. Browsers like Microsoft's Internet Explorer (MSIE) or Netscape allow you to click on a link to another document, and get information from a different computer where that resource is stored citations on a particular subject or by a particular author
Catalog
A catalog is a compilation of records describing the contents of a particular collection or group of collections. For example, the BIBSYS CATALOG has records for most of the items held by AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY COLLAGE LIBRARY..
Charge
To record the loan of a book or other item from the circulating collection of a library to a borrower. In order to charge, or check-out, materials the user must present a Cornell identification card to a staff person at the circulation desk along with the materials to be charged out. Patrons may also use the self-check station on the right side of the library entrance..
Circulation Desk
The circulation desk is the place to charge (check out), return, or renew books. Circulation staff can also help patrons locate items that cannot be found. Items requested through interlibrary loan and Borrow Direct are delivered to circulation desks and patrons can pick them up from these locations.
Citation
A written reference to a specific work or portion of a work (book, article, dissertation, report, musical composition, etc.) by a particular author, editor, composer, etc., which clearly identifies the document in which the work is to be found.
Database
A database is an organized collection of computer records. The most common type of Library Gateway database consists of record describings.
Electronic Journal
A publication, often scholarly, that is made accessible in a computerized format and distributed over the Internet. An electronic journal or e-journal may have a traditional paper counterpart or historical antecedent. For example, the journal ........can be found in both paper and electronic versions at AUC Library. The electronic versions are available through the Library Gateway - see the resources page.
Full text database
A full text database is a resource that provides access to the complete text of an item. In a full text periodical resource, both the bibliographic descriptions and the articles themselves will be available. An example of this type of resource is ProQuest Direct.
Hold
When a book or other item is currently on loan, the library permits another borrower to place a "hold" on it by contacting the circulation desk. The patron who has the item checked out will not be permitted to renew it, and the person placing the "hold" will be entitled to check it out after it has been returned. The AUC Library online catalog BIBSYS includes a feature that allows the user to place an item on hold without staff assistance.
Holdings
The total stock of materials, print and nonprint, owned by a library, usually listed in the catalog. Synonymous with library collection.
Index
An index is a guide to the contents of a file, document, or a group of documents. An index is used to point to the contents of something. For example, there are indexes in the backs of books that describe and point to the contents of those books. There are also very large indexes that describe the contents of journals and provide enough information to locate an article in a journal. Indexes are usually arranged by subject, author, or keyword. They can come in both paper and electronic form.
Interlibrary Loan
Interlibrary loan is a form of resource sharing among libraries nation- and world-wide. When a book or other item needed by a AUC user is not owned by the library, a patron may request that it be borrowed from another library by submitting an interlibrary loan request form.
ISBN
International Standard Book Number. A unique 10-digit code assigned to a specific edition of a book before it is published.
ISSN
International Standard Serial Number. A unique 8-digit code assigned to the specific title of a serial.
Journal
Contains peer-reviewed articles written by scholars while a magazine contains more popular articles often written by journalists. The terms periodical and serial are more generic and refer to all types of these materials.
Keyword Searching
Most online catalogs and bibliographic databases include an option that allows the user to search by keyword(s). In this type of search, users enter a significant word or words that describe the research topic, and the catalog or database retrieves all records where the search terms appear ? whether they appear in the title field, abstract field, subject heading field, contents field, notes field, etc.
Loan Period
The amount of time a patron may borrow a book or other item from the library. The time varies depending on the type of material borrowed and the status of the borrower.
Magazine
Contains more popular articles often written by journalists.
Although the terms periodical, journal, serial, and magazine have slightly different definitions, they are often used interchangeably. They are published on a regular basis (weekly, monthly, annually, etc.) and contain articles written by various authors.
Periodical
Although the terms periodical, journal, serial, and magazine have slightly different definitions, they are often used interchangeably. They are published on a regular basis (weekly, monthly, annually, etc.) and contain articles written by various authors. The terms periodical and serial are more generic and refer to all types of these materials.
Periodical Index
A cumulative list of periodical articles in which the citations are entered by subject (or in classified arrangement) and sometimes under the author's last name. Periodical indexes may be general (Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature), devoted to a specific academic discipline (Education Index) or group of disciplines (Humanities Index), or limited to a particular type of publication (Alternative Press Index). In libraries, periodical indexes are available in print, as online electronic databases, or on CD-ROM. Some electronic indexes will provide full-text articles. Print indexes and some electronic indexes only provide citations to articles. The actual periodicals would have to be located for the full articles.
Rare Books
Books that are valued for the significance of their contents, their scarcity, their imprint or date of publication, their physical characteristics or condition, or their associations (signed or annotated by a famous author, for instance)
Record
A collection of related data fields organized and accessible as a single entity. Examples of data fields are author, title, publisher, abstract, call number, etc. In a periodical index, which is a collection of article citations, each citation is a record.
Reference Collection
Books not meant to be read cover-to-cover, such as dictionaries, handbooks, and encyclopedias, shelved together in a special section of the library called the reference area. Reference books are strictly for use in the library. Their location and circulation status is usually indicated by the symbol "R" or "Ref" preceding the call number in the catalog record and on the spine label.
Renewal
An extension of the loan period for charged library materials. Renewals may be handled in person at the circulation desk, by phone, or through the link "View your account or renew a book" on the Library Gateway.
Self-Check Station
Bar-code reading machines for patrons to check out materials themselves, rather than checking materials out at the circulation desk. Self-check station is found at the right by the entrance. A AUC ID card is required to use self-check. A receipt is printed indicating when the materials are due back at the library.
Serial
Although the terms periodical, journal, serial, and magazine have slightly different definitions, they are often used interchangeably. They are published on a regular basis (weekly, monthly, annually, etc.) and contain articles written by various authors.
Subject Headings
Words or phrases assigned to books and articles which are used to index these items by topic
Thesaurus
A list of all the subject headings or descriptors used in a particular database, catalog, or index.
Truncation
A symbol put at the end or in the middle of a word in order to catch all variant endings or spellings of that word when searching a database. For example, if conducting research on computers, entering comput? as a search term would yield records with the terms computer, computers, computing, computerized, etc. The truncation symbol is placed at the point in the word where various endings can begin to occur.
Databases use various symbols, such as $, #, +, *, !, and ?, to represent truncation. Some databases truncate automatically. Some databases allow for truncation symbols in the middle of the word in order to pick up variant spellings. For instance, entering behavi?r would retrieve behavior and behaviour. The Help or Search Tips links for each database will indicate which symbol to use for truncation, if any.
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