Off - Campus or Remote Access – The ability to login and access resources outside of the library.
On - Display – This is a code used in item records to show the status of an item. This code is when items are featured on a display shelf in the library.
On - Shelf – This is a code used in item records to show the status of an item. This code is when items are in their correct location in the stacks.
OPAC – The online public access catalogue.
Open Access – Resources such as books or articles that are freely available via the internet. More information about Open Access can be found here.
Open Educational Resources (OER) – Teaching, learning and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others. More information about Open Educational Resources can be found here.
Overdue – Library items are considered to be overdue when they are not returned to the library on/before their due date and time.
Oversized – A book that is too large to fit on standard sized library shelves. Oversized books are located in the atrium on the second floor of the library, at the end of the Reference Collection.
Peer Reviewed or Refereed Journal– Articles contained within a publication have been anonymously reviewed and/ or evaluated by experts and scholars in their field prior to the article being published.
Periodical or Serial – A publication issued at regular intervals (e.g., daily, weekly, monthly, annually, etc.) Some types of periodicals:
- Often available at a newsstand, containing articles about news, popular information and entertainment.
- Contain scholarly information and research relating to a particular field.
- Contain current information in a particular subject (typically relate to jobs and industry).
Periodicals can be searched for using the catalogue and/ or databases.
Primary Source - An original records of events (ex: newspaper article, diary, etc.)
Public Domain – A work that is not protected by copyright (because the copyright has expired or because the author has made their work available to the public to use). Anyone can a work that is part of the public domain without having to ask the permission. When using ideas from any work, including works in the public domain, you must cite the sources.
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