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ABSTRACT	A short summary of an article or book which includes all of its essential points
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY	A bibliography with critical or explanatory notes on the works cited.
BIBLIOGRAPHY	An alphabetical listing of books or articles on a specific topic
BIOGRAPHY	A work detailing an individual's life
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory)	A high volume optical storage disk for computer data
CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Those items in a library which are borrowed by patrons
CIRCULATION	The process of lending items from a library, or the department in the library that performs this function
CITATION	A reference to a text identifying where it can be found
DOCUMENT	A written record at a time in history
DOCUMENT DELIVERY SERVICE	Obtains copies of items that have been identified through online searching from a commercial firm.
INDEX	An alphabetical list of: topics that appear in a book or, a topical list of periodical articles, including source, page number and date
INTERLIBRARY LOAN (ILL)	A book loaned between libraries or an article photocopied and sent at another library's request
JOURNAL	A scholarly periodical, which may include abstracts and bibliographies
MAGAZINE	A periodical containing articles and illustrations, written for a general audience
OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog)	Online Public access Catalog contains a listing of books or other items in a library by author, title or subject in an electronic format
OVERSIZE COLLECTION	Books which are too large to be shelved on standard size shelving, and are gathered together in their own separate area in a library
PERIODICAL	A publication, such as a journal, magazine or newspaper, which appears at regular intervals, containing articles, stories, essays, or other writings
REFERENCE MATERIALS	Items which do not circulate and are only used within a library
RESERVE COLLECTION	Items which are loaned for short periods because they appear on reading lists for classes and are in great demand