Information & Literacy Terms

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  1. 2. File An electronic document that must be read with the Adobe Acrobat computer program
  2. 7. logic A system that uses sets to include or exclude search terms. Use AND to combine multiple search terms. Use OR to search for either search term. Use NOT to exclude a search term.
  3. 8. A database is an organized collection of information records that can be accessed electronically. This may include indexing and abstracting databases, citation databases or databases of full text journal articles.
  4. 12. Panel A program that comes with Windows that enables you to make settings for many Windows actions, such as changing network, keyboard, printer, and regional settings. Some programs (including many video card drivers) may add sections to the control panel for you to use to configure that program
  5. 13. (Internet Service Provider) A company that provides an Internet connection
  6. 14. Copyright laws protect intellectual property from theft. Ideas and information in print or electronic form are the property of the person who created them. You must obtain permission to use copyrighted material. You may use copyrighted materials for educational purposes if you adhere to the fair-use guidelines. See Also: Fair-use guidelines
  7. 17. loan Interlibrary loan, ILL, is a service which allows people to obtain books and journal articles which are not owned by their library.
  8. 18. A determination of how up-to-date an information source is. Some subject fields are developing rapidly and currency is highly important. Other fields are relatively stable and older information retains much of its value.
  9. 19. A tool to locate information resources by author, title, subject, and other known data.
  10. 20. text Full text indicates that a particular database provides the entire textual content of an article or document. Some databases provide only citations or abstracts, while others provide the full text.
  11. 21. A data and/or program file encoded for manipulation by computer. Computer files may be stored on CD-ROMs, floppy disks, microdisks, or magnetic tapes
  12. 22. Name A domain name is the text name corresponding to the numeric IP address of a computer on the Internet. A domain name must be unique
  13. 23. To copy a file from a remote computer to your computer
  14. 25. 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.
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  1. 1. System The software that the rest of the software depends on to make the computer functional. On most PCs this is Windows or the Macintosh OS. UNIX and Linux are other operating systems
  2. 2. Searching Narrowing a database or catalog search to display documents which include a particular phrase Search engines usually require quotation marks to indicate phrases.
  3. 3. An information source listing names, addresses, phone numbers, etc.
  4. 4. Summarizes an article. Abstracts may be included within the citations in an index.
  5. 5. Page (or Homepage) The page your Web browser automatically loads when you start it.
  6. 6. Personal beliefs, opinions, or attitudes that prevent one from being objective about a particular topic. See also: Objectivity
  7. 9. (Hypertext Markup Language)-- The standard computer language for encoding Web documents. HTML involves adding codes or tags indicating format and style for a page as well as addresses for links.
  8. 10. All the information necessary to locate a specific information resource. Citations usually follow strict formats which can be found in style manuals. See also: Annotation, Style manuals
  9. 11. journal A peer reviewed journal consists of articles that have been reviewed by a panel of subject experts before they are approved for publication. Peer Reviewed journals are also known as refereed journals.
  10. 14. vocabulary Subject search terms precisely defined by indexers of a given index. Use of a controlled vocabulary permits the searcher to find everything in the product related to that controlled vocabulary term.
  11. 15. (link) Text or icons which are set up to connect you to another Web page or another part of the document. When you click on a hyperlink, also called link, the computer will transfer you to the selected site. Text links are usually underlined on the screen.
  12. 16. The authority of a source is determined by who wrote it and what credentials they have in the field about which they are writing
  13. 18. number The exact address of an item on the library's shelves.
  14. 24. (Online public Access catalog) A computer system indexing all the materials held by an individual library. Also called an OPAC.