Acronyms Used at ACHE: Library

A&I Databases: Abstracting & Indexing Databases are databases that index and provide abstracts of journal articles in particular subject areas. These databases are differentiated from full text databases that, in addition to indexing and providing abstracts, also include some or all full text of the journal articles.

AHIP: Academy of Health Information Professionals 

ILL: Interlibrary Loan refers to a system in which we borrow a library book from another library for the use of a library user (patron) if the item is not owned by Taylor Health Sciences Library. 

ISBN: International Standard Book Number are product identifiers used by publishers, booksellers, libraries, internet retailer and other supply chain participants for ordering, listing, sales records and stock control purposes. The ISBN identifies the registrant, specific title, edition and format. ISBN-13 and ISBN-10 correspond to an ISBN with 13 digits and an ISBN with 10. Before 2007, ISBNs were 10 digits but was increased to 13 to increase the availability of ISBN numbers. (https://www.isbn.org/about_ISBN_standard)

ISSN: International Standard Serial Number is an 8-digit code used to identify newspapers, journals, magazines and periodicals of all kinds and on all media - print and electronic. 

LibGuides: Short for Library Guides, LibGuides are guides of curated content complied by librarians to assist with particular courses, subjects and resources.

LVIS: Libraries Very Interested in sharing. 

LOC: Library of Congress Numbers, not to be confused with the Library of Congress (LC) classification, are unique identifiers for the Library of Congress system. Older books that do not have an ISBN may have a LOC number.

MLA: Medical Library Association

MLIS: Master of Library and Information Science

MLS: Master of Library Science

NNLM: Network of the National Library of Medicine