Glossary of Library Terms

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abstract
bibliography
boolean
bound periodicals
call numbers
citation
copyright
database
Dewey Decimal Classification System
domain name
fair use
fields
full text
interlibrary loan
item
keyword

Library of Congress Classification System
nesting
peer-review
periodicals
plagiarism
popular and scholarly
primary sources
record
search term
source
stop words
subject headings
title page
truncation
URL
WebBridge

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