List of Latin Term Related to Library and Information Science and Their Meaning

Latin Term	Meaning of the Latin Term
Ad hoc	For this
et al.	And other people
ibid.	Indicate same source and there is no intervenes between the previous reference and the present one.
id.	Indicate same source but different page number and there is no intervenes between the previous reference and the present one.
Loc. cit.	Indicate same source and same page number and there is no intervenes between the previous reference and the present one.
Op. cit.	Indicate a source previously cited with full citation located somewhere else in the work and in between the two reference other references are there.
s.l.	Indicate no place for publication in library cataloguing.
s.n.	Indicate no publisher in library cataloguing.
vide	Used to direct a reader somewhere else.

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