
Assessment of Familiarity with Library Terms
Can you match the term with the correct description?
Write the description number next to the correct library term.
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____ Citation
____ Journal
____ MarchiveWeb Docs
____ Delta College Periodical Holdings List
____ InterLibrary Loan
____ FirstSearch - WorldCat
____ ValCat Catalog
____ Subject Headings
____ Library of Congress Call Number
____ NewsBank - Michigan Newspapers
____ MLA or APA
____ InfoTrac and FirstSearch
____ Keyword
____ Magazine
____ Abstract
____ Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
____ FirstSearch - Social Science Abstracts
____ Annotation
____ Wikipedia
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- Description of a source, which typically includes the title, author, publishing information, etc.
- Shelving code that keeps books about similar subjects near each other.
- Database for finding articles in select Michigan Newspapers back to the year 1998.
- A specialized subject index for finding citations to articles in scholarly periodicals.
- Library service for borrowing books and articles Delta does not own.
- Periodical written to satisfy the interests and reading abilities of the general public.
- Periodical written by and for specialists, often reporting research information.
- List of periodical and Government Document titles that Delta College owns in print.
- Source for finding books and other resources in Delta's library and area public libraries.
- Standardized term used to group information logically.
- Search term that can be retrieved from anywhere in a record (citation) - title, subject, abstract, etc.
- Paper index for finding citations for popular magazine articles.
- Styles of writing and citing sources.
- Comments about a source, usually critical or explanatory.
- Databases that index magazines, journals, newspaper articles, reference books, and more and often provide the full-text of articles.
- Index to U.S. Government publications including documents Delta Library owns.
- Online catalog to resources cataloged by world libraries, including books, eBooks, and evaluated Web sites.
- Paragraph that summarizes the content of a journal or magazine article.
- A collaborative Web site encyclopedia whose content is created by anyone.
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______________________________ Stop! Answer Key Below. _________________________________
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1
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Citation
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3
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NewsBank - Michigan Newspapers
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7
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Journal
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13
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MLA and APA
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16
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MarchiveWeb Docs
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15
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InfoTrac and FirstSearch
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8
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Delta College Periodical Holdings List
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11
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Keyword
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5
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Interlibrary Loan
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6
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Magazine
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17
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FirstSearch - WorldCat
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18
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Abstract
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9
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ValCat Catalog
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12
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Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
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10
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Subject Heading
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4
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FirstSearch - Social Science Abstracts
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2
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Library of Congress Call Number
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14
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Annotation
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19
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Wikipedia
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