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College Writing Skills, Media Edition, 5/e
John Langan, Atlantic Community College

Using the Library and the Internet

Key Terms

bookmark
the saved address of a URL to which you wish to return


call number
a code indicating where a book or other item can be located in a library’s collection; the two primary systems of organization are the Library of Congress system and the Dewey decimal system


Internet
a vast network that connects computers at tens of thousands of educational, scientific, government, and commercial agencies around the world


library catalog
a list of all the holdings (books, periodicals, and other documents) available in a library; traditionally a file of cards arranged in drawers, catalogs today are typically computerized


modem
a device that sends or receives electronic data over a telephone line. A personal computer needs a modem in order to connect to the Internet


periodicals
magazines, journals, and newspapers (from the word periodic, which means "at regular periods")


periodicals index
a listing of the articles in periodicals. Some of the most widely used are the Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature, Magazine Index Plus, and Ebscohost


search directory
an online listing of websites organized by categories (e.g., Yahoo)


search engine
an online tool for finding websites that uses keywords to comb through the vast amount of information on the Web for sites or articles on particular topics (e.g., AltaVista)


URL
Universal Resource Locator; the electronic "address" of a website (e.g., auth.mhhe.com)


World Wide Web
a part of the Internet: a global information system that drew its name from the many links among sites that form a kind of "web"