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SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING LIBRARY
- Sarah Shannon Stevenson Library for
Science and Engineering; a division of the library whose
collections support the natural and physical sciences, mathematics, and
engineering; includes the Map Room and the Patent Depository; located
in the Stevenson Science Center.
- SCR
- Serial Control Record.
- SEARCH
- To query a database for information.
- SEARCH ENGINE
- Huge databases which include URLs of millions
of
Web pages along with information about the content of these pages. A user's
query is matched with pages dealing with the query terms. Examples: Yahoo!,
Excite, Alta Vista, Lycos.
- SELA
- Southeastern Library Association.
- SERIAL
- A publication issued in successive parts with number or
chronological designations intended to continue indefinitely and
appear with regular or irregular frequency. Serials include periodicals,
newspapers, annuals, journals, memoirs, proceedings, etc.
- SERIES
- Separate and successive publications, usually on a given
subject, issued in a uniform format by the same publisher.
- SERMLP
- Southeastern Regional Medical Library Program.
- SESSION LAWS
- Laws arranged in order of passage (Law Library).
- SHELF LIST
- A file consisting of one entry of each item cataloged
in the library system arranged in call number order.
- SHEPARDS
- Publications used to determine which court opinions mention
an earlier opinion (Law Library).
- SIGAUX
- See French Collections.
- SIRSI
- The vendor that produces and supports ACORN, the
libraries' online catalog. Headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama.
- SITESEARCH
- Collection of tools from OCLC that the library uses
for creating electronic resources. Examples of library projects using SiteSearch software
are IRIS and Athena.
- SLA
- Special Libraries Association.
- SO
- Standing order; all successive volumes of a work have been
ordered to be supplied automatically when published.
- SOFTWARE
- Computer software; programs or instructions that tell the
computer what to do.
- SOLINET
- Southeastern Library Network; regional library
consortium.
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SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
- A department of the library system housed in the
General Library Building containing rare books, manuscripts, the Wills
Collection of Fugitive/Agrarian materials, the Vanderbilt University Archives,
and the Vanderbilt Photo Archives.
- SPREADSHEET
- An application program in which the information is
stored in a grid. Typically used for budgeting and statistics. Examples: Excel,
Lotus 123.
- STACKS
- The space equipped for the storage of books and other library
materials.
- STAFF DEVELOPMENT
COORDINATING COMMITTEE
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- SUBJECT HEADING
- A word or term assigned by catalogers
to provide access to records based on their subject matter. LC and MeSH
are the two most common types.
- SUDOCS
- Superintendent of Documents; classification used for many
government documents.
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