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Terminology 9/22 October 2, 2008

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Wikis: a collaborative Web site set up to allow user editing and adding of content

 

Interlibrary loan: a system of book borrowing set up between or among libraries for the use of their customers

 

WorldCat: a website catalog that allows you to search libraries from different locations to either use their information from your computer, or possibly set up to have an interlibrary loan

 

Microforms (microfiche & microfilm):  An arrangement of images reduced in size, as on microfilm (a film bearing a miniature photographic copy of printed or other graphic matter, usually of a document, newspaper or book pages, etc., made for a library, archive, or the like.) or microfiche (a flat sheet of microfilm in a form suitable for filing, typically measuring 4 by 6 in. (10 by 15 cm) and containing microreproductions, as of printed or graphic matter, in a grid pattern.).

 

Annotation: a critical or explanatory note or body of notes added to a text.

 

Citation: The information needed for someone to find the item. For example, the bibliographic citation for a book would contain the Title, Author or Editor, Edition, Place of Publication, Publisher and Year of Publication. The bibliographic citation for an article would contain the Title of the Article, Author of the Article, Title of the Periodical, Volume Number, Issue Number (or sometimes the month and date), Year of Publication, and the Page Numbers. Sometimes also referred to as a bibliographic entry, reference, or just as a CITATION.

 

SOURCES:

 

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 01 Oct. 2008. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/citation>.

 

Library Glossary/Library Terminology/Library Jargon.  Boise State University, 08 Dec. 2006. <http://library.boisetate.edu/reference/bbrin/jargon.htm>

 

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