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  2. International English Language Testing System - Wikipedia

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    IELTS Academic and General Training both incorporate the following features: IELTS tests the ability to listen, read, write and speak in English. The speaking module is a key component of IELTS. It is conducted in the form of a one-to-one interview with an examiner which can occur face to face or even through a video conference.

  3. Reference work - Wikipedia

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    A reference work is a work, such as a paper, book or periodical (or their electronic equivalents), to which one can refer for information. [1] The information is intended to be found quickly when needed. Such works are usually referred to for particular pieces of information, rather than read beginning to end. The writing style used in these ...

  4. Library and information science - Wikipedia

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    Library science (previously termed library studies and library economy) [note 1] is an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary field that applies the practices, perspectives, and tools of management, information technology, education, and other areas to libraries; the collection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of information resources; and the political economy of information.

  5. Information access - Wikipedia

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    Information access is the freedom or ability to identify, obtain and make use of database or information effectively. [1] There are various research efforts in information access for which the objective is to simplify and make it more effective for human users to access and further process large and unwieldy amounts of data and information.

  6. Information retrieval - Wikipedia

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    Information retrieval is the science [1] of searching for information in a document, searching for documents themselves, and also searching for the metadata that describes data, and for databases of texts, images or sounds. Automated information retrieval systems are used to reduce what has been called information overload. An IR system is a ...

  7. Trends in library usage - Wikipedia

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    In 2011, more than a quarter of all adults used a library for Internet access at some point. [53] Free access to computers and the Internet is now nearly as important to library patrons as borrowing books. [54] Fifty-five percent of Americans think libraries have done a good job keeping up with technological trends. [11]

  8. Wikipedia:List of free online resources - Wikipedia

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    ipl2 - merger of the collections of resources from the Internet Public Library (IPL) and the Librarians' Internet Index (LII) websites, hosted by Drexel University College of Information Science and Technology; Refdesk - free and family-friendly web site that indexes and reviews quality, credible, and current web-based resources

  9. Digital literacy - Wikipedia

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    [81] The goal of teaching digital writing is that students will increase their ability to produce a relevant, high-quality product, instead of just a standard academic paper. [82] One aspect of digital writing is the use of hypertext or LaTeX. [83] As opposed to printed text, hypertext invites readers to explore information in a non-linear fashion.