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  2. Glossary of library and information science - Wikipedia

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    A book of synonyms, often also containing antonyms. An example is Roget's Thesaurus. In database searching, a thesaurus strategy is to use multiple iterations to search for related words and generate result. The database will often suggest synonyms and related words to try. [13] Truncation The shortening of a search word, field, or record.

  3. Library of Congress Subject Headings - Wikipedia

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    The Library of Congress adds new headings and revisions to LCSH each month. [6] A web service was set up by Ed Summers, a Library of Congress employee, circa April 2008, [7] using SKOS to allow for simple browsing of the subject headings. lcsh.info was shut down by the Library of Congress's order on December 18, 2008. [8]

  4. Reference work - Wikipedia

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    Concordance – an alphabetical list of the principal words used in a book or body of work; Dictionary – a list of words from one or more languages, systematically arranged and giving meanings, etymologies etc. Digest – a summary of information on a particular subject; Directory – a systematically arranged list of names, addresses ...

  5. Bibliographic record - Wikipedia

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    A bibliographic record is an entry in a bibliographic index (or a library catalog) which represents and describes a specific resource.A bibliographic record contains the data elements necessary to help users identify and retrieve that resource, as well as additional supporting information, presented in a formalized bibliographic format.

  6. Thesaurus (information retrieval) - Wikipedia

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    A thesaurus is composed by at least three elements: 1-a list of words (or terms), 2-the relationship amongst the words (or terms), indicated by their hierarchical relative position (e.g. parent/broader term; child/narrower term, synonym, etc.), 3-a set of rules on how to use the thesaurus.

  7. List of online dictionaries - Wikipedia

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    Many dictionaries have been digitized from their print versions and are available at online libraries. Some online dictionaries are organized as lists of words, similar to a glossary, while others offer search features, reverse lookups, and additional language tools and content such as verb conjugations, grammar references, and discussion ...

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  9. Bibliographic database - Wikipedia

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    This is an organised online collection of references to published written works like journal and newspaper articles, conference proceedings, reports, government and legal publications, patents and books. In contrast to library catalogue entries, a majority of the records in bibliographic databases describe articles and conference papers rather ...