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Match this definition with the correct term: The numbers and letters added to the spine of a book that designates where it belongs in the library.

• Call Number

• Catalog

• ISBN: International Standard Book Number

• Verso

An organized written collection of all the materials (books, videos, journal, films, audio recordings, etc.) held by that library.

• Catalog

• Call Number

• Plagiarism

• OPAC: Online Public Access Catalog

The process of creating records of library materials.

• Catalog

• Cataloging

• Secondary Sources

• Plagiarism

A unique 10-13-digit number that is given to every book or edition of a book before publication to identify the publisher, the title, the edition, and volume number.

• Stacks

• Call Number

• OPAC: Online Public Access Catalog

• ISBN: International Standard Book Number

Software that has been developed to handle basic housekeeping functions of a library.

• Cataloging

• Catalog

• Secondary sources

• Library Management System (LMS)

An online database of materials held by a library or group of libraries. Users search a library catalog principally to locate books and other material available at a library. In simple language it is an electronic version of the card catalog.

• OPAC: Online Public Access Catalog

• Library Management System (LMS)

• Primary sources

• ISBN: International Standard Book Number

Left hand side of the page. Usually referenced as the back of the title page where bibliographic information is found.

• Stacks

• Verso

• Plagiarism

• Catalog

A colloquial term used to refer to the areas of the library where materials are shelved.

• Stacks

• Verso

• Secondary sources

• Catalog

Usually studies by other researchers. They describe, analyze, and/or evaluate information found in primary sources.

• Secondary sources

• Primary sources

• Plagiarism

• Library Management System (LMS)

Original works. These sources represent original thinking, report on discoveries or events, or share new information. Usually these represent the first formal appearance of original research. Primary sources include statistical data, manuscripts, surveys, speeches, biographies/autobiographies, diaries, oral histories, interviews, works or art and literature, research reports, government documents, computer programs, original documents( birth certificates, trial transcripts...) etc.

• Secondary sources

• Primary sources

• Call Number

• Cataloging