Shelving Collectively, the shelves upon which books and other library materials are stored. See Also Rack , Range , Stack . The shelves or bookcases on which the library's materials are stored. The plural, stacks, is often used. Style Manual Special handbooks that illustrate the accepted forms for citing references in bibliographies, footnotes, and endnotes.
Some style manuals are for general use.
Others are published by professional associations as form guides for articles in journals in that field of knowledge and research. The word or phrase used to describe the subject content of a work. Also known as Descriptors . Some indexes or databases use Controlled Vocabulary , and others use Natural Language . Often referred to as the SuDoc Classification System.