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| Abstract | | A short summary of an article or book; abstracts are provided along with citation information in many periodical indexes |
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| Abstracting Service | | A collection of abstracts in a particular field or on a particular subject prepared by an individual or a commercial organization and regularly received by subscribers. Usually the abstracts are arranged by subject |
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| Access | | Method by which a computer refers to records in a file. |
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| Access point | | A unit of information in a bibliographic record under which a person may search for and identify items listed in the library catalog or bibliographic database. Access points have traditionally included the main entry |
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| Access policy | | A formal written statement issued by the person(s) or body responsible for managing archives or special collections |
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| Access services | | The provision of access to a library's resources and collections |
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| Accessibility | | A characteristic of technology that enables people with disabilities to use it. For example |
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| Accession Number | | The unique identifier assigned to each record in a database. It is usually a combination of numbers or numbers and letters. |
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| Accession record | | A list of the bibliographic items added to a library collection in the order of their addition. Normally such a list includes the accession number |
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| Acetate decay | | The chemical deterioration of film that has an acetate plastic base |
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| Acknowledgments | | The section of the front matter of a book in which the author gives formal recognition to the contributions others have made to the work. The acknowledgments usually follow the preface or foreword and precede the introduction. |
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| Acquisition number | | A unique number used by the acquisitions department of a library to identify a specific bibliographic item on a purchase order. Some libraries use a standard number such as the ISBN (International Standard Book Number) or ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) as the acquisition number. |
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