Librarians, information assistants and patrons use these print and electronic materials to help find answers to questions and to help in the research process. A few examples of items found in a reference collection are dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories and almanacs. Although the terms periodical, journal, serial and magazine have slightly different definitions,they are often used interchangeably. A journal contains peer reviewed articles written by scholars while a magazine contains more popular articles often written by journalists. The terms periodical and seria l are more generic and refer to all types of these materials.
Spatial data is data pertaining to the location and spatial dimensions of geographical entities.
Often is made up of multiple floors and contains many rows of shelving units. Some people prefer using a database via Telnet when available since it can be faster and allow for more complex searching, but it is really a matter of personal preference. You will need to have a Telnet application on your computer in order to use the Telnet databases on the Library Gateway. Different databases and different computers require different kinds of Telnet. TN3270 for communicating with an IBM mainframe and VT100 for connecting to most other kinds of computers.