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xu.tutor: Glossary M-N
| Microfiche |
Microfiche
are rectangles of film on which journal articles or scholarly
papers are stored. Libraries have special readers for microfiche
that allow you to print directly from the reader. |
| Microfilm |
Microfilms
are rolls of film which hold journal articles or newspaper
articles. Libraries have special microfilm readers which allow
you to print directly from the reader. |
| Mixed-Format
Databases |
Databases
which combine print, image, audio, and/or video formats. |
| Narrower
Term |
In
a thesaurus, the narrower term is the more specific term.
For example, table is a narrower term than furniture. |
| Narrowing
a Search |
When
you narrow a search, you decrease the numbers of results.
Use AND or NOT to narrow a search. |
| Natural
Language |
Natural
language is everyday language. |
| Nesting |
Nesting
allows you to control the order and execution of a search
using parenthesis to enclose terms. |
| Numeric
Databases |
Numeric
databases contain statistical data. |
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