abridgement: a condensation of the author's original work (unexpurgated text).
acknowledgement: recognition made in indebtedness to another.
annotated bibliography: a bibliography with comments about each source, telling how inclusive it is, how valuable it is, what the author does and what hisw or her purpose is, and so on.
authority: a writer whose work and opinions are generally accepted as final and reliable.
autobiography: the writer's own account of his or her life.
bibliography: a list of books, articles, and other material about a single subject, idea, person, and so forth.
biography: a writer's account of the life story of another. There are three types: straight, fictional, and critical.
brackets: the punctuation marks [] used only within a quoted passage to enclose additions in your own words (called editorial comment, insertion, or interpolation) explaining a word or giving information needed by the reader.
card catalog: a card file listing alphabetically all books in a library.
compile (compilation, compiler): to combine related material. The one who does the combining is a compiler; the result is a compilation.
cross reference: words or symbols that refer the reader to other places where information about an idea may be found.
database: a collection of information, often limited to a certain subject area, either in print of electronic form.
dedication: a page of tribute by the writer to one he or she admires or feels indebted to or wants to honor.
dissertation: a long, involved, and formal exposition on some serious or scholarly subject.
document: to acknowledge indebtedness for an idea or fact. It is necessary to document the source of any critical opinion (and some facts).

elipsis: an omission within quoted material indicated by three periods with a space before, after, and between periods (. . .).
endnote: a documentary note placed at the end of a section, chapter, paper, or book rather rhan at the bottom of the page on which the note number appears.
file: frequently misused as a substitute for the proper term card catalog, The word file is properly used to refer to some special library file such as the vertical file, which contains temporarily interesting leaflets, pamphlets, newspaper and magazine clippings, illustrations, etc.
footnote: a documentary note placed at the bottom of the page on which the note number appears.
foreword: a note from the author at the front of a book.
Internet address: a description of the location of an item on the Internet, this address enables a user to reach the specified item.
Internet browser: a software program which enables a user to use Internet tools such a search engine.
Internet domain: one of the networks, such as .edu or .com, which make up the Internet.
interpolate: to insert an idea or material or information where it should logically go in the organization of the writing.
introduction: a section that follows the table of contents and introduces the work that follows.
online computer catalog: the computer system used to duplicate or replace the card catalog.
pagination: the system for numbering pages of a manuscript or book.
parentheses: the punctuation marks ( ) used to enclose your own explanatory material or words interpolated into a sentence or phrase of your own.
parenthetical reference: a documentary note placed within parentheses immediately after the material being documented indicating the source of that material.
plagiarism: a literary word for the thievery of style, ideas, or phrasing.
preface: a note from the author which comes before (or after) the table of contents or outline.
primary sources: the literature, the work, manuscript, journal, letters, and so on as originally written.
reference or reference book: any source being read for information.
rough draft: the first and any subsequent writing before the paper is put in final form.
scan: to make a cursory reading of material in order to evaluate it and decide how to read it.
secondary source: a criticism or evaluation of an original piece of writing.
slug (label, tag): the label on a notecard system written above the top line and immediately after the identifying symbol. It may be taken from or may suggest ideas for the outline units.
thesis: the simple statement of opinion which the entire work is designed to support.
URL: internet addess.