A unique eight digit number assigned to every serial publication. Journal - Scholarly periodical usually issued monthly or quarterly. Keyword - An important or unique term to help find your topic area. Keyword looks for words in titles, corporate names, subject headings, and content notes. Microform - Printed materials which are reduced in size by photographic means and can only be read with special readers.
Examples are microfilm and microfiche.
Noncirculating - Certain library items which cannot usually be borrowed such as reference books and periodicals. Online - A general term for the interaction of one computer with another computer, directly and simultaneously. Online Catalog - A library's contents listing books, videos, and other materials. Online Databases - An electronic database of either full text documents or citations and abstracts which can be searched by telephone or Internet connection. Periodicals - Magazines, journals, serials, and newspapers.