- Abstract: A summary of the main points of an article or a book
- Citation: The information needed to locate a published work. For a book, this information includes the author(s), title, publisher, date of publication, and place of publication. For an article, it includes the author(s), title of the article, title of the periodical in which the article appears, volume number, page numbers, and date of publication. Citations are listed in bibliographies and reference lists, and they give recognition to the published works of other authors.
- Database: Information compiled and presented in an online format. Two examples of databases are ProQuest and EBSCOhost, which contain published articles from periodicals.
- Index: An index can be defined as (a) a listing of the topics covered in a book, normally located at the back of the book; (b) a listing of articles from newspapers, magazines, and journals, which can be identified by keyword, author, or title.
- Journal: A periodical which features articles and other writings in a specific field or academic discipline. The material in a journal is written in a scholarly style and is intended for researchers and students.
- Magazine: There are two basic types of magazines. A general interest magazine is a periodical that contains articles for general readers. Time and People are general interest magazines. A trade magazine is a periodical featuring articles written for readers of a particular trade, profession, or industry. Two examples of trade magazines are Variety and Billboard.
- Paraphrase: To restate the ideas or words of another person, using your own words.
- Plagiarism: Using someone's written work without crediting the source, or stealing the ideas or writings of a person and using them as one's own.
- Periodical: A work that is published in print or online at regular intervals -- for example: daily, weekly, monthly. Periodicals include journals, magazines, newspapers, and newsletters. Periodicals are also known as serials.
- Quote: To repeat, word for word, what someone else has written or spoken. When you quote something for a research paper, you must acknowledge the source and the author.
- Refereed: A type of journal in which articles are evaluated by at least two reviewers to determine if they should be published. The names of the authors of the articles are not made known to the reviewers. The term refereed journal is used interchangeably with peer-reviewed journal.
- Stacks: The shelves where books are displayed in a library.
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