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  • A controlled vocabulary is a set of preselected terms from which a ... Vocabulary control includes policies, procedures, and methodologies ...
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  • to as ADS) is a digital library portal of over 7,000,000 astronomy and ... had a significant impact on the efficiency of astronomical research since ...
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  • | name = Live Search | logo = | screenshot = ... | type = Search Engine | language = Multilingual ...
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  • Collation is the assembly of written information into a standard order ... Advantages of sorted lists include: *one can easily find the first ...
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  • in 2001, devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for ... ] and [http://www.plos.org/ Public Library of Science]. ...
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  • Web archiving is the process of collecting portions of the World Wide ... and social issues. Due to the global nature of a web environment, complex ...
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  • As of January 1, 2007, International Standard Book Numbers have been ... book sellers, and users for it can help to search for specific editions and ...
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  • The United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), operated by ... located on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda ...
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  • specifically established by the government of a country to serve as the preeminent ... had their origins in the royal collections of the sovereign or some other ...
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  • A library classification is a system of coding and organizing library ... Library classification forms part of the field of library and information ...
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  • a database that contains descriptive records of books, periodical articles ... researchers to find descriptive records of relevant information sources ...
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  • to Find Out. is an annual publication of the Central Intelligence Agency ... The World Factbook is prepared by the CIA for the use of U.S. government ...
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  • is an African city in the modern day nation of Mali. Occupying a strategic ... Timbuktu was the center of significant written tradition on the African ...
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  • , as a practice, is the academic study of books as physical, cultural ... A bibliography, the product of the practice of bibliography, is a ...
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  • Plagiarism is taking the ideas of another and using them without giving ... from the copyright holder. A violation of the terms of [http://en.wikipedia ...
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  • Vicugna vicugna, found in high elevations of the central Andes mountains ... back into the wild. Both under the rule of the Inca and today, vicuñas ...
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  • Impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure of citations in ... Impact factor was devised by Eugene Garfield, the founder of the Institute ...
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  • 1947) was a Hungarian-born sociologist, one of the founding fathers of classical ... which is now Hungary. He was the only child of a Hungarian father and a German ...
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  • He was the fourth secretary-general of the United Nations, serving ... Prior to serving as UN secretary general, Waldheim was a member of ...
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  • who developed Alfred Adler's system of individual psychology into ... with the school environment as an extension of the family. Thus, his techniques ...
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  • mountain range, forming a continuous chain of highland along the western ... feet (6,960 m) above sea level. The summit of Mount Chimborazo in the Ecuadorean ...
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  • , is a country on the Atlantic coast of West Central Africa. Located ... investment have helped make Gabon one of the more prosperous countries ...
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  • A "glider" is an unpowered aircraft. The most common types ... use engines occasionally. The manufacturers of high-performance gliders now ...
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  • 24 1905) was a French author and a pioneer of the science-fiction genre, ... attorney, and his wife, Sophie. The oldest of the family's five children ...
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  • energy corporation in the world and is one of the six "supermajor" ... The history of ConocoPhillips encompasses the entire history of the ...
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  • known as e-commerce or eCommerce, consists of the buying and selling of products ... A small percentage of electronic commerce is conducted entirely electronically ...
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  • east-central North America, crossing the interior of the continent ... The System traverses the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario ...
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  • (CIA) is an intelligence-gathering agency of the United States government ... The CIA's elite division is called the Directorate of Operations ...
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  • Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation ... tourists. Though it was once the home of the extinct dodo bird, today ...
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  • Online shopping is the process of researching and purchasing products ... ” and pays with a credit card or some form of electronic payment. The products ...
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  • 15, 1898, to battle the American annexation of the Philippines, officially ... Was U.S. intervention in 1898 disinterested altruism in support of ...
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  • #039;s official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust, established ... The origin of the name is from a Biblical verse (Isaiah, chapter 56 ...
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  • Simon Wiesenthal, Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE) (December ... At the end of World War II, thousands of Nazis who participated in ...
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  • States was enthusiastically in support of the capture, but many American ... After several weeks of tension, during which the United States and ...
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  • Psychological warfare is a tactic involving the use of propaganda ... As long as war exists, we can expect new forms of psychological warfare ...
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  • ; March 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968), Hero of the Soviet Union, was ... Yuri Gagarin was born in the village of Klushino near Gzhatsk (now ...
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  • It comes in many allotropic forms, of which the yellow, black, and ... in history by murderers, including members of the ruling class, to gain wealth ...
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  • with four allotropic forms. The stable form of antimony is a blue-white metal ... semiconductor industry for the manufacture of diodes and infrared detectors ...
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  • Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is ... rapid economic growth due to the discovery of large offshore petroleum reserves ...
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  • battle occurred incidental to the mission of the General Sherman to attempt ... and passed a law that prohibited the return of shipwrecked seaman, especially ...
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  • somewhat raccoon or bear-like face. A member of the Carnivora order, generally ... They generally are found in the slopes of the south of the Himalayas ...
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  • Malta, officially Republic of Malta, is a small and densely populated ... turbulent history. Situated in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, it has ...
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  • The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 culminating in the Tiananmen ... The protests were sparked by the death of pro-market and pro-democracy ...
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  • Cookware and bakeware are categories of food preparation utensils ... but they vary in shape. The size and shape of a utensil is typically determined ...
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  • The Historical school of economics was an approach to academic economics ... practiced in the Classical Anglo-Saxon world of Ricardo and John Stuart Mill ...
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  • Prize for Literature. He is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers ... Born into a lower middle-class Muslim family in the Gamaleyya quarter ...
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  • art dating from the paintings on the walls of Goguryeo tombs to post-modern ... influenced by Chinese art and the exchange of cultural influences between ...
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  • during snowy, winter conditions. This member of the mammal family Mustelidae ... being a significant predator especially of small rodents, while falling ...
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  • 023.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Executions of the Third of May by Francisco Goya]] Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted ...
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  • " is the wireless communication of signals by transmitting electromagnetic ... Radio technology gives humanity the convenience of extremely rapid ...
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