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| SIRS | Social Issues Resource Service. Deals with social issues. Good for graphics and charts. |
| Literature Resource Center | Reliable for author information. |
| primary documents | The original actual wording of an historical document, like a speech, diary. |
| databases | A collection of quality electronic infomation that is available over the internet. |
| Infotrac | Excellent for periodical research, narrows information into subdivisions in an alphabetical list. |
| abstract | A brief summary of an article. |
| anecdote | A little story about the subject. Can be humorous. |
| Boolean search | Links major words together with logical operations. |
| Boolean operators | The words AND, OR NOT. |
| citation | The exact information to locate an article. Include five major parts: title of article, author, names of periodical, date of periodical, pages of article. |
| cite | To give a complete citation. |
| text | The entire article. |
| Work Cited page | Bibliography page. |
| Infotrac | This database can narrow the search into alphabetical outlines for sub-divisions. |
| acronyms | When you use letters as words. |
| IMCPL | Indianapolis Marion County Public Library. |
| patron identification | Your barcode and the pin number (the last four digits of your student ID. |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator. The Web address. Includes protocol, domain name, file and path. |
| Electric Library | Huge database that is good for various type of media. Good for maps and pictures. |
| Proquest | Database for the most important U.S. newspapers, like the New York Times. |
| Social issues | Information about people issues, like education, crime. |
| truncation | Used to broaden a search or help with spelling. It uses the root of a word and a wildcard. |
| wildcard | An asterik * or ? used in truncation. |
| Biography Resource Center | Good information about the lives of famous people. |
| Electric Library and Big Chalk | Databases that offers pictures, TV and radio transcripts, and more resources. |
| ilibrary | A collection of 50 plus databases from the public library. |
| thumbnail biography | A short biographical sketch. |
