| Library | A system of providing resources to members of a learning community |
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| Resource | Any text, graphic, sound recording, videograph or computer program. Most resources are either software or paper. |
| Copyleft | Resources with copyright provisions that allow free use redistribution. There are many kinds of copyleft, e.g. free for education, free to edit, free to circulate but not edit, etc. |
| CTO | Chief Technical Officer |
| Open access | Resources that are provided over the Internet without fee. |
| Open source | Software with copyright provisions that allow free redistribution. There are many versions of conditions, much like copyleft. |
| Textbook | A resource that is followed in a course of instruction. The outline of the course usually follows the outline of the resource. Textbooks are normally tertiary sources (q.v.). |
| Reference book | A resource that is used to search specific information and not to be read as a whole (e.g. dictionary) |
| Primary source | Resources that contain the thoughts of people as they originally thought them before a translator, reviewer, commentator, or editor interpreted them. E.g.: • Published sources are journal articles, monographs, books of research articles, and some research theses. • Unpublished sources include original minutes of meetings, letters, reports, diaries, official records, conference proceedings, research theses, etc. • Fieldwork records, such as observation notes, questionnaire answers, interview notes, etc. |
| Secondary source | Resources that contain the thoughts of primary sources in a form interpreted by a translator, reviewer, commentator, or editor. |
| Tertiary source | Explanatory sources, such as textbooks and popular reading. |