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Glossary

Abstract

A brief summary or description of the essential content from the source document.

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Broader Term

Broader terms are found in the Inspec Thesaurus. They are controlled terms that are at the next higher level in the thesaurus hierarchy. They are known to be wider in scope.

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DOI (Digital Object Identifier)

The Digital Object Identifier (DOI®) is a system for permanently identifying and exchanging intellectual property in the digital environment.

Example: DOI: 10.1134/S1061920808010020

See http://www.doi.org for more information.

DOI® is a registered trademark of the International DOI Foundation.

A DOI number can be associated with an article, a book, a book chapter, a data study document, and other document types.

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Holdings

Items in a library collection. For example, a library's online catalog would show whether the source publication is held in the library's collection.

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Intellectual Property

Refers to creations of the mind such as inventions, trademarks, literary and artistic works, symbols, images, architectural designs, and so forth. Patents are one way of protecting intellectual property; copyrights and trademarks are other ways of protecting intellectual property.

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ISBN

The International Standard Book Number is a unique identifier that identifies a work's national, geographic, or language, along with the publisher, title, edition, and volume number. The format is a 10-digit number that contains 3 hyphens (-). The last digit is a check character, which may be a number or X. The position of the hyphens can vary for each ISBN. Example: 2-7380-1000-8

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ISSN

The International Standard Serial Number is a unique number that identifies the source publication. The format is four numbers, a hyphen (-), three numbers, and then a check character that may be a number or X. Example: 0002-9262

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Marked List

A list of records that you marked from either the Results page or the Full Record page. Once you add records to the Marked List, you can later print, save, e-mail, order, or export some or all of those records. You have the option to select records from the Total Records table to output or you can select records from a specific product database.

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Narrower Term

Narrower terms are found in the Inspec Thesaurus. They are controlled terms that are at the next lower level in the thesaurus hierarchy. They are generally terms that are more focused in scope than the thesaurus term.

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Preferred Term

Preferred terms are found in the Inspec Thesaurus. They are controlled terms to be used in place of the thesaurus term.

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Prior Term

Prior terms are found in the Inspec Thesaurus. They are controlled terms related to the thesaurus term that were (and may still be) in use before the date of input of the thesaurus term.

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Related Classification Code

Related classification terms are found in the Inspec Thesaurus. They are related to the thesaurus term.

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Related Term

Related terms are found in the Inspec Thesaurus. They are controlled terms related to the thesaurus term, but they do not fall into the category of narrower terms or broader terms.

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Scope Notes

Scope notes are found in the Inspec Thesaurus. Scope notes indicate which concepts are covered and which ones are not covered by the thesaurus term. They generally indicate the meaning of a term or its particular use.

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Search Aid

Search aids are tools that allow you to select predefined names, terms, or codes and automatically add them with the appropriate syntax to a search query. Search aids allow you to quickly and easily achieve consistent search results.

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Set Combination

A set combination consists of two or more set numbers that you can run as a unique search query. For example, #1 AND #3 combines the results of set 1 and set 3 to form a single query. Set numbers appear under the Set column in the Search History table.

You can also enter a single set number alone to refresh the results of a previous search. In this instance, you may also want to change the timespan, languages, document types, literature types, and Taxa Notes.

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Source Document

An article, patent, book, or other work represented by a record in the product database. May also be referred to as "source publication" or "source record".

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Thesaurus Term

Thesaurus terms are found in the Inspec Thesaurus. They are controlled terms (or keywords) that are indexed in the Inspec Thesaurus.

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Top Term

Top terms are found in the Inspec Thesaurus. They are controlled terms at the highest level of the thesaurus hierarchy. The thesaurus term is subordinate to these terms.

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Use

Use terms are found in the Inspec Thesaurus. They are terms that were used for discontinued thesaurus terms.

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Used For

User For terms are found in the Inspec Thesaurus. They are non-preferred terms. Use the thesaurus term in place of these terms.