To find our Library Materials the Search Tools and Terms are:

·       OPAC   

Online Public Accessible Catalogue

·       Catalogue    

Listing all the resources available in the library example: Books, Periodicals, etc.,

·       Online Catalogue

Library Catalogue accessible through electronic version

·       Keyword Search

An important word or term chosen by the user in order to find an items when search the electronic database.

·       Boolean Search

Boolean searching is a method of combining search terms in database searching using Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT.

·       Location

Where the books is located in the library ex: Stack Room, Reference Room or 1^st floor etc.,

·       Status

To know whether the book is on the rack, lend it out, send it for binding or received.

·       Database

An organized collection of records containing data set of same kind of information.

·       Document

In 3 ways 1) Materials published by government 2) Historical Materials 3) “To Document” means to record all the items.

·       Index

It is an alphabetical list of important words, authors name list, or titles of the book etc.,

·       Bibliography

A bibliography is a list of reference materials such as books, articles and authors list used for research.

·       Abstract

An abstract is a concise summary of a periodicals article or book.

·       Serial

A publication that is issued in successive parts usually at regular intervals Ex: periodicals, Harry patter book etc.

·       Article

An essay or research report published in journals, magazines and encyclopedias.