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  2. Glossary of library and information science - Wikipedia

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    A book of synonyms, often also containing antonyms. An example is Roget's Thesaurus. In database searching, a thesaurus strategy is to use multiple iterations to search for related words and generate result. The database will often suggest synonyms and related words to try. [13] Truncation The shortening of a search word, field, or record.

  3. Index term - Wikipedia

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    Index terms can consist of a word, phrase, or alphanumerical term. They are created by analyzing the document either manually with subject indexing or automatically with automatic indexing or more sophisticated methods of keyword extraction. Index terms can either come from a controlled vocabulary or be freely assigned.

  4. List of email subject abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    As such, regarding is a fitting English translation with the same two initial letters as in reply. It is expressly stated in RFC 5322 3.6.5. as somewhat structuring the otherwise free-form subject field. If used, exactly one character string Re: (disregarding letter case) ought to appear at the very front of the subject line.

  5. Subject indexing - Wikipedia

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    Subject indexing is the act of describing or classifying a document by index terms, keywords, or other symbols in order to indicate what different documents are about, to summarize their contents or to increase findability. In other words, it is about identifying and describing the subject of documents. Indexes are constructed, separately, on ...

  6. Specimen - Wikipedia

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    Sample (material), a limited quantity of something which is intended to be similar to and represent a larger amount; Biological specimen or biospecimen, an organic specimen held by a biorepository for research Laboratory specimen, a biological specimen taken by sampling; Zoological specimen, an animal or part of an animal preserved for ...

  7. Biological specimen - Wikipedia

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    A biological specimen (also called a biospecimen) is a biological laboratory specimen held by a biorepository for research. Such a specimen would be taken by sampling so as to be representative of any other specimen taken from the source of the specimen. When biological specimens are stored, ideally they remain equivalent to freshly-collected ...

  8. Outline of academic disciplines - Wikipedia

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    A scholar's discipline is commonly defined by the university faculties and learned societies to which they belong and the academic journals in which they publish research. Disciplines vary between well-established ones in almost all universities with well-defined rosters of journals and conferences and nascent ones supported by only a few ...

  9. Wikipedia:Ambiguous subjects - Wikipedia

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    A single word or phrase might refer to different subjects. The Wikipedia:Disambiguation guideline says that the best solution is to cover those subjects with different articles, splitting an existing article if necessary, and to steer readers to an appropriate article using tools such as redirects, hat notes, and disambiguation pages.