Abstract: A summary of the article. Abstracts are very common in peer-reviewed articles.
Bibliography: A generic term for your list of references. In MLA, a bibliography is a Works Cited.
Database: A place where articles and other information are stored. Academic Search Premier and Proquest Newspapers are examples of databases.
Journals: In libraries, journals usually refers to academic and research journals that are peer-reviewed.
Keywords: Main idea words that are helpful for database searches.
Limiters: Also called filters, limiters are categories in databases that can narrow searches by date, article type, subject and more. This is similar to searching in Amazon
Multidisciplinary: Contains information from many disciplines or subjects, such as English, biology, math, nursing, earth science, history or chemistry.
Peer-review: Articles that are written and reviewed by academics (professors) and researchers (scientists, historians, statisticians, etc).
Research Guide: A finding aid for particular topics or classes. It has lists of databases and places to get help with research. Find SPC research guides on the main page of the library site.