libraries (noun)
1Smithsonian Institution Libraries — The Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL) system comprises 20 libraries serving the various Smithsonian Institution museums and research centers. SIL s holdings include 1.5 million volumes as well as a wide array of digital resources. The… …
2lending library — noun library that provides books for use outside the building • Syn: ↑circulating library • Hypernyms: ↑library, ↑depository library * * * noun, pl ⋯ ries [count] : a library that lends books to people who can take them home and then return them… …
3reference library — noun 1. : a collection of books often about a particular subject useful for consultation a reference library of science 2. : a library the books of which may be used on the premises but may not be taken out * * * noun, pl ⋯ braries [count] 1 : a… …
4public library — noun a nonprofit library maintained for public use • Hypernyms: ↑library * * * noun : a nonprofit library maintained for public use and usually supported in whole or in part by local taxation * * * a nonprofit library established for the use of… …
5union list — noun : a usually alphabetical catalog of periodicals or other serials that provides bibliographical information and locates files in libraries * * * a list of materials, as in a designated format or on a designated subject, that are available in… …
6Andrew Carnegie — noun United States industrialist and philanthropist who endowed education and public libraries and research trusts (1835 1919) • Syn: ↑Carnegie • Instance Hypernyms: ↑industrialist, ↑philanthropist, ↑altruist * * * Andrew …
7card catalog — noun 1. a library catalog in which each publication is described on a separate file card • Syn: ↑card catalogue • Hypernyms: ↑library catalog, ↑library catalogue 2. an alphabetical listing of items (e.g., books in a library) with a separate card… …
8council tax — noun a tax levied on households by local authorities; based on the estimated value of the property and the number of people living in it • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,… …
9district council — noun : the local governing body of a rural or urban district in Great Britain and of certain administrative districts in Australia and parts of British Africa * * * Brit. the local ruling body of an urban or rural district. [1890 95] * * *… …
10Dewey decimal classification — noun a system used by libraries to classify nonfictional publications into subject categories; the subject is indicated by a three digit numeral and further specification is given by numerals following a decimal point; publications are shelved by …
