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DATABASE

Information organized in such a way that it may be retrieved, usually by computer search.

DAY USE CARD

Card that can be purchased to gain access to libraries four times; valid for a period of a year.

DDS

Document Delivery Service (and ILL in the Biomedical Library).

DEPOSITORY

Designation for a library which receives publications of a government. In the U.S., there are state and federal depositories. Vanderbilt University is a federal depository.

DEWEY CLASSIFICATION

A system of classifying or cataloging library materials prior to 1970 whereby main classes or disciplines are designated by a three-digit number and subdivisions are shown by numbers after a decimal point (See LC).

DIGESTS

Brief summaries of court opinions arranged by subject (Law Library).

DISCHARGING

Process of cancelling a charge for a book that is returned.

DISCIPLINE

A subject that is taught; a field of study.

DIVINITY LIBRARY

A division of the library system housed in the General Library Building; supports the Divinity School and the Graduate Department of Religion.

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