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Academic Database

A database that catalogs articles from scholarly journals

Catalog

A listing of all the books, periodicals, and other resources owned by a library

Call Number

A number used in libraries to classify books and periodicals and to indicate where they can be found on the shelves

News Paper and Periodical Database

A research aid that catalogs articles from a large number of magazines, journals, and newspapers

Abstract

A summary of a magazine or journal article written by someone other than the original author Abstract is only a summary of the article. You should never cite an article in your speech on the basis of the abstract alone

Reference Work

A work that synthesizes a large amount of related information for easy access by researchers

Government Resources

Access to government documents and publications on the federal or state level

Sponsoring Organization

An organization that, in the absence of a clearly identified author, is responsible for the content of a document on the Internet

Virtual Libraries

Search engines that combine internet technology with traditional library methods of assessing data. The best virtual library on the internet is a merger of two previous virtual libraries, "Librarians' Internet Index" and "Internet Public Library", now called www.ipl.org