library search
Finding a book
A library search is the process of looking through a library's resources to find specific materials—books, articles, databases, or other holdings.
The term covers both physical browsing and digital queries through catalog systems: The library search turned up three relevant dissertations.
In computing, it also refers to automated searches through code libraries for functions or dependencies.
- catalogOrdered list of items
- card catalogIndexed library reference collection
- databaseOrganized digital information collection
- indexAlphabetical guide to contents
- call numberLibrary classification code
query · browse · archive · stacks · keyword · reference · shelves · reading room · rare books · fiction · Dewey · barcode · checkout · borrowing · due date · open access · holdings · periodicals
- chromatographychromatography, chromatogram, TLC, SEC, columns
- chemometricsPCA, preprocessing, spectral analysis, calibration, normalization
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