OPAC
An online public access catalogue (often abbreviated as OPAC or simply library catalogue) is an online database of materials held by a library or group of libraries. Users search a library catalog principally to locate books and other material available at a library.
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Open Access
Open access (OA) refers to online research outputs that are free of all restrictions on access (e.g. access tolls) and free of many restrictions on use (e.g. certain copyright and license restrictions).Open access can be applied to all forms of published research output.
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Open Collection
Shelves of library material that users have access to for full-service retrieval.
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ORCID
ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a nonproprietary alphanumeric code to uniquely identify scientific and other academic authors and contributors.
Source: Orcid connecting research and researchers