LIBRARY TALK
EN102
Abstract: A short summary of the essential content of a book, article, speech, report, dissertation, or other work of nonfiction which gives the main points in the same order as the original work, without claiming or possessing independent literary merit.
Academic library: A library which is an integral part of a college, university, or other post-secondary educational institution, administered to meet the information and research needs of its students, faculty, and staff.
Acceptable use policy: Guidelines established by a library or library system to control how its online systems and equipment may be used, for example, some libraries forbid the use of computer workstations for commercial activity. The AUP is available on the library’s computers as well as the Corette Library’s Home Page. The College also has an AUP which must be adhered to when using library computers.
Access:
- The ability of a patron to make use of the materials in a librarycollection, including the physical accessibility of works in print or microform.
- In bibliographic databases, the method by which a computer retrievesrecords in a file, which depends on how they are arranged in storage.
- The privilege of using a computer system or online resource, usuallycontrolled by the issuance of access codes to authorized users.
Access point: A name, term, heading, or code in a bibliographic record under which library materials may be searched, identified, and retrieved. In a broader sense, any unique element which serves as a point of entry to a file of information.
Accession number: A number assigned consecutively to audiovisual materials, videos, DVDs, cassette tapes, and LPs in the order in which it is added to a library collection. The accession number is used as a call number for audiovisual materials.
Added entry: Any entry in a library catalog other than the main entry, for example, for title, subjects, series, translator, etc. See also: tracings.
Analytics: The note field in a record in a library catalog lists thecontents of an anthology or collected work.
Annotated bibliography: A bibliography which includes an annotation with each reference or citation.
Annotation: A brief note (usually no longer than two or three sentences) accompanying a reference or citation in a bibliography which describes or explains the scope and content of the work cited. In a critical annotation, the
commentary is evaluative.
Anthology: A collection of extracts from the works of various authors, selected by an editor and sometimes limited to a specific literary form or genre such as short stories, poems, or plays, or to a specific subject or time period. The works included are listed in the table of contents at the beginning of a
collected work. Compare with compilation. See also: analytics and analytical entry.
APA style: A format for citing sources and typing research papers in the social sciences developed by the American Psychological Association (APA),
described fully in the most recent edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association which is available in most academic
libraries.
Archives: An organized collection of the noncurrent records of an institution, government, organization, or corporate body, or the personal papers of an individual, family, or group, preserved in a repository for their historical value.
Article: A self-contained prose composition, usually entirely nonfiction,
written on a specific topic or subject by one or more authors and published
under a separate title in a collected work, or in periodical containing other works of the same form.
Author: The writer of a book, essay, story, play, poem, etc. Some books
have two or more joint authors. In most library catalogs, the term author is used in its broadest sense to include joint author, editor, playwright,
director, composer, performer, artist, creator, etc.
Back issue: Any issue of a periodical that precedes the current issue. The back issues of a periodical are usually organized in a back file. Synonymous with back number.
Bibliographic database: An computerized file consisting of electronic entries or records, each of which represents a document or bibliographic item retrievable by author, title, subject heading (descriptor), or keywords.
Bibliographic record: A record of a bibliographic item that contains the
data required for cataloging in a specific bibliographic format such as MARC.
Bibliography: A list of sources cited or references for further reading, printed at the end of an article or may be published separately in book form.
Book drop: A slot, chute, or box to which books and other borrowed items may be returned, particularly when a library is closed to its users. The Corette Library’s book drop is located on the east side of the lobby.
Boolean: A field of mathematical logic developed in the mid-19th century by the English mathematician George Boole which allows a database searcher to combine concepts in a keywords search using three commands, also known as "operators":
The OR command is used to expand or broaden search results by including synonyms and related terms. Search statement: violence or conflict or
aggression.
The AND command is used to narrow search results. Each time another concept is added using "and" the search becomes more specific. In some online catalogs and electronic databases, the "and" command is implicit (no need to type it in a keywords search). Search statement: violence and television.
The NOT command is used to exclude unwanted records from search results.
Search statement: television not video
CALL NUMBER:At the Corette Library, using the Library of Congress Classification System (LC), a system of letters and numbers that are assigned to a book based upon the book’s subject material. This is the location designation in the library.
Card catalog: A list of the holdings of a library, printed or typed on small catalog cards filed separately by author, title, and subject, or in a single alphabetical sequence, in long narrow drawers in special filing cabinets. Only 4% of the collection is not in the OPAC. You must use the card catalog to be sure that we do not own the material.
CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature. A database that indexes nursing and health related periodical literature.
CIRCULATING: Those books that may be checked out of the library. Circulating books are located downstairs.
CIRCULATION DESK: Area where all circulation materials are to be checked out for use outside the building. The circulation desk worker may also place holds on books for you. Reserve materials are also available at the circulation desk at Corette Library.
CITATION: The information found in an index, catalog, or bibliography about a particular item/source. The citation may include the author, title of the article, title of the periodical, book title, publication date, publisher, volume number, issue number and page number.
Contents note: A note in a bibliographic record which lists all or a portion of the individual works contained in a book or other publication, whether they be chapters, essays, or anthologized works such as stories, poems, and/or plays.