Peer review- When experts on a certain field look over work that is to be published and make sure that it is credible and true.
Stop words- A frequently used word such as a, or, the, that is not indexed in web pages and thus is not used in search engine queries.
Databases- A collection of data that is arranged for ease and speed of search.
Citation Databases- A database of information about citations from certain sources.
Citation and Abstract Databases- A collection of information about a specific field or type of information.
Full text Databases- A collection of information that can be accessed with the whole document there.
Wikis- Databases that can be edited by anyone.
Interlibrary Loan- A system that works in a way that if UNCW doesn’t have a piece of literature in their library they can put in a request to another library and get it from them in a matter of days.
World cat- A database that acts as a catolog for the world.
Microforms- an arrangement of images reduced in size such as microfilm or microfiche. o
Boolean Operators- operators that perform logical and negative operations in a search.
Works Cited
Dictionary.com. 1 Mar. 2009. Dictionary. 1 Mar. 2009 <www.dictionary.com>.
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