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- A controlled vocabulary is a set of preselected terms from which a ... Vocabulary control includes policies, procedures, and methodologies ...17 KB (2,446 words) - 02:51, 8 January 2024
- 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 ...25 KB (3,826 words) - 18:28, 19 August 2023
- | name = Live Search | logo = | screenshot = ... | type = Search Engine | language = Multilingual ...23 KB (3,241 words) - 07:45, 9 March 2023
- Collation is the assembly of written information into a standard order ... Advantages of sorted lists include: *one can easily find the first ...17 KB (2,611 words) - 22:32, 7 January 2024
- in 2001, devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for ... ] and [http://www.plos.org/ Public Library of Science]. ...14 KB (1,898 words) - 06:20, 11 January 2024
- 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 ...15 KB (2,211 words) - 23:25, 3 May 2023
- 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 ...20 KB (2,903 words) - 13:24, 7 February 2023
- The United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), operated by ... located on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda ...13 KB (1,876 words) - 11:58, 3 May 2023
- 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 ...17 KB (2,398 words) - 04:12, 11 March 2023
- A library classification is a system of coding and organizing library ... Library classification forms part of the field of library and information ...25 KB (3,639 words) - 22:33, 25 October 2022
- a database that contains descriptive records of books, periodical articles ... researchers to find descriptive records of relevant information sources ...27 KB (3,849 words) - 03:43, 1 October 2023
- 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 ...33 KB (4,760 words) - 17:51, 30 April 2023
- 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 ...16 KB (2,417 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2023
- , as a practice, is the academic study of books as physical, cultural ... A bibliography, the product of the practice of bibliography, is a ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 03:44, 1 October 2023
- 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 ...19 KB (2,878 words) - 06:23, 24 November 2022
- 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 ...11 KB (1,797 words) - 23:53, 17 November 2022
- Impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure of citations in ... Impact factor was devised by Eugene Garfield, the founder of the Institute ...28 KB (3,975 words) - 15:26, 4 February 2023
- 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 ...10 KB (1,422 words) - 07:18, 5 October 2022
- He was the fourth secretary-general of the United Nations, serving ... Prior to serving as UN secretary general, Waldheim was a member of ...13 KB (1,913 words) - 04:39, 4 March 2023
- who developed Alfred Adler's system of individual psychology into ... with the school environment as an extension of the family. Thus, his techniques ...11 KB (1,581 words) - 21:05, 21 December 2022
- 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 ...15 KB (2,126 words) - 19:59, 26 July 2023
- , is a country on the Atlantic coast of West Central Africa. Located ... investment have helped make Gabon one of the more prosperous countries ...23 KB (3,343 words) - 09:10, 4 December 2023
- A "glider" is an unpowered aircraft. The most common types ... use engines occasionally. The manufacturers of high-performance gliders now ...22 KB (3,495 words) - 08:00, 24 January 2023
- 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 ...19 KB (2,945 words) - 21:07, 4 October 2022
- energy corporation in the world and is one of the six "supermajor" ... The history of ConocoPhillips encompasses the entire history of the ...24 KB (3,330 words) - 18:20, 6 June 2023
- known as e-commerce or eCommerce, consists of the buying and selling of products ... A small percentage of electronic commerce is conducted entirely electronically ...21 KB (3,064 words) - 16:00, 13 February 2024
- east-central North America, crossing the interior of the continent ... The System traverses the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario ...15 KB (2,273 words) - 20:48, 17 April 2023
- (CIA) is an intelligence-gathering agency of the United States government ... The CIA's elite division is called the Directorate of Operations ...26 KB (3,792 words) - 23:54, 3 December 2023
- Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation ... tourists. Though it was once the home of the extinct dodo bird, today ...28 KB (4,021 words) - 00:49, 9 November 2022
- Online shopping is the process of researching and purchasing products ... ” and pays with a credit card or some form of electronic payment. The products ...28 KB (4,204 words) - 00:40, 18 November 2022
- 15, 1898, to battle the American annexation of the Philippines, officially ... Was U.S. intervention in 1898 disinterested altruism in support of ...22 KB (3,341 words) - 02:52, 24 July 2023
- #039;s official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust, established ... The origin of the name is from a Biblical verse (Isaiah, chapter 56 ...14 KB (2,168 words) - 09:59, 22 May 2023
- Simon Wiesenthal, Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE) (December ... At the end of World War II, thousands of Nazis who participated in ...23 KB (3,477 words) - 22:10, 29 January 2023
- States was enthusiastically in support of the capture, but many American ... After several weeks of tension, during which the United States and ...21 KB (3,294 words) - 16:44, 2 May 2023
- Psychological warfare is a tactic involving the use of propaganda ... As long as war exists, we can expect new forms of psychological warfare ...20 KB (3,129 words) - 23:30, 2 December 2022
- ; March 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968), Hero of the Soviet Union, was ... Yuri Gagarin was born in the village of Klushino near Gzhatsk (now ...17 KB (2,467 words) - 10:29, 7 June 2023
- 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 ...21 KB (2,920 words) - 04:00, 15 August 2023
- with four allotropic forms. The stable form of antimony is a blue-white metal ... semiconductor industry for the manufacture of diodes and infrared detectors ...17 KB (2,369 words) - 06:33, 31 July 2023
- Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is ... rapid economic growth due to the discovery of large offshore petroleum reserves ...26 KB (3,689 words) - 19:14, 13 February 2024
- battle occurred incidental to the mission of the General Sherman to attempt ... and passed a law that prohibited the return of shipwrecked seaman, especially ...15 KB (2,224 words) - 08:01, 23 January 2023
- 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 ...17 KB (2,708 words) - 02:48, 8 December 2022
- Malta, officially Republic of Malta, is a small and densely populated ... turbulent history. Situated in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, it has ...35 KB (5,045 words) - 06:40, 5 November 2022
- The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 culminating in the Tiananmen ... The protests were sparked by the death of pro-market and pro-democracy ...57 KB (8,680 words) - 14:07, 14 January 2024
- Cookware and bakeware are categories of food preparation utensils ... but they vary in shape. The size and shape of a utensil is typically determined ...24 KB (3,711 words) - 20:23, 7 June 2023
- The Historical school of economics was an approach to academic economics ... practiced in the Classical Anglo-Saxon world of Ricardo and John Stuart Mill ...33 KB (4,933 words) - 21:55, 31 January 2024
- 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 ...20 KB (2,983 words) - 23:15, 10 November 2022
- 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 ...22 KB (3,315 words) - 22:03, 5 January 2024
- during snowy, winter conditions. This member of the mammal family Mustelidae ... being a significant predator especially of small rodents, while falling ...16 KB (2,415 words) - 07:45, 6 September 2023
- 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 ...41 KB (6,212 words) - 21:02, 25 November 2023
- " is the wireless communication of signals by transmitting electromagnetic ... Radio technology gives humanity the convenience of extremely rapid ...35 KB (5,160 words) - 22:45, 7 December 2022