Thesaurus
Listing of SUBJECT HEADINGS or terminology in a particular field of study or for a specific INDEX or DATABASE. Usually gives related terms, broader terms and narrower terms.
Truncation
A symbol put at the end or near the end of a word used to tell a database or search engine to retrieve all variant endings of the word. It will search for the stem of the word (the part before the symbol) with any variant ending that comes after it. Databases and search engines all use different symbols, but the asterisk ( * ) is the most commonly used.
Title Page
One of the preliminary pages of a book with the title, the author's (editor's, etc.) name and imprint. The title page is usually used as the primary source of information for cataloging information.
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Thesis
A long essay or dissertation involving personal research, written by a candidate for a university degree. See Dissertation.