ABSTRACT = a brief summary of an academic work, usually about a paragraph long.
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY = a list of sources on a research topic, each with a summary or evaluation. For examples, see the handout from the Purdue OWL.
APA=American Psychological Association an organization that issues a widely used style manual for writing and citing in the social sciences.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION = YOU PUT INTO A WORK CITED PAGE the data you put into a "works cited" or bibliography list, the standard title, author, and publishing information which identifies the source and helps the reader know what you based your work on.
BLC = BOSTON LIBRARY CONSORTIUM an association of 17 academic and research libraries located in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire, dedicated to sharing resources to advance the research and learning of its community members.
CALL NUMBER = ADDRESS in academic libraries, usually a combination of letter and numbers assigned to each book or periodical in the library allowing for the arrangement of the materials by subject
CIRCULATION (RESERVES, InterLibrary Loan) = ONE-STOP TO GET YOUR "STUFF" You can borrow, pick up interlibrary loan get things put on Reserve by your professor. Everything has a different due date; usually you can have Reserve materials for two hours.
ILLIAD (InterLibrary Loan) = WE GET IT FOR YOU the NU Libraries' system for requesting materials from other libraries that the NU Libraries doesn't own.
JOURNAL FINDING = DO WE HAVE THE JOURNAL I NEED? can be answered by using the Ejournal Finder (to tell you what we have online) or Scholar OneSearch --> Library Catalogs which will tell you what we have in online AND in print format.
LIBRARY CATALOGS is a dropdown option in Scholar OneSearch to search the NU Libraries (Snell, Law and African American Institute) to locate "stuff": books, videos and DVDs, e-books and documents and streaming videos. http://onesearch.library.northeastern.edu/primo-explore/search?vid=NU?dscnt=1&dstmp=1390341208527&vid=NU&fromLogin=true
MLA = MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION sets the citation style used in humanities research..
My Account in Scholar OneSearch= YOUR PERSONAL RECORD(S) of what you have borrowed or requested through the Library Catalogs. It also lets you renew items online.
PRIMARY SOURCES = ORIGINAL, FIRST-HAND observations or accounts of events or experiments. They may include books, journal or newspaper articles, multimedia, government documents, statistical data, and archival materials
RESEARCH HELP DESK = I NEED HELP! located on the first floor of Snell Library, where reference librarians are available to help you with your research questions. There are other ways to get research help as well.
SCHOLARLY JOURNAL (AND OTHER TYPES OF PERIODICALS) = SCHOLARLY, OR ACADEMIC. JOURNALS usually contain research articles with summaries of existing research, and documented sources (footnotes, reference lists, etc...)
SECONDARY SOURCES = click on the link and scroll down to see examples, such as SECOND-HAND accounts, descriptions or analyses of primary sources.
STACKS = SHELVES where books and other library items are located. Snell Stacks are arranged on the 3rd and 4th floor of the library in call number order.
STYLE The pattern or format your instructor or editor expects you to use when citing your works. It determines the order you list them in, whether numbered or alphabetical, whether you put them in a footnote or parenthesis in the text, and how you format and punctuate titles, authors, dates, and other information. Commonly used citations styles are MLA and APA; there are more details at Citations and Bibliographies
