Database A collection of journal article and other material citations that are arranged for retrieval by topical search terms. Long Record Besides bibliographic information, gives evaluative information about a source. The long record of book indicates the LCSHs of that book, tells whether or not the book has a bibliogrphy or index, etc. When using natural language, you can connect terms by using Boolean operators. Uniform Language Subject headings that are assigned to books, journal articles, and other materials in various databases such as the online catalog and InfoTrac SearchBank.
Different databases use different subject headings, or different sets of uniform language.
Wildcards Place holders that allow you to search for word stems and all of their suffix variations when using a database.