Record Details     « New Search       Brief Record Full Record MARC Record     Bibliographic Data Control Number UPD-00000368531 Date and Time of Latest Transaction 20090717013736.0 General Information 030101s us 000 eng Cataloging Source ILS Language Code eng Local Call Number LG995 1983 L4 C28 Main Entry - Personal Name Castillo, Africa R., 1949- Title Statement Philippine acronyms and initialisms dictionary 1974-1983 / by Africa R. Castillo Physical Description 311 leaves General Note Thesis (M.L.S)--University of the Philippines, Diliman   Typescript Summary, Etc. The second part which is the subject index was prepared to make the dictionary more effective and useful. It also follows an alphabetic arrangement by topic   The work is a listing of around 6,121 Philippine acronyms and initialisms culled from 163 Filipiniana periodical titles and 4 local newspapers covering the period 1974-1983. It serves as a sequel to the first dictionary prepared by Sandra K. Repulda in 1975 and covers a wide variety of subjects such as government and private corporations and agencies, socio-economic programs and projects, educational and financial insitutions and various organizations representing the different sectors of our society - labor, professional, religious and a lot more   This dictionary generally aims to become an effective reference tool to librarians, faculty, students and other researchers who are undertaking studies on certain Philippine topics   This particular volume consists of two parts: the dictionary proper and the subject index. The first part is an alphabetic listing of the acronyms/initialisms along with their meanings or definitions. Entries are printed in bold letters and punctuation marks, symbols and spaces are ignored in the alphabetic arrangement Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Abbreviations--Dictionary   Acronyms--Dictionary Collection Category FI Location UP DLS LG995 1983 L4 C28 Regular Circulation LS-6691T Textual Physical Form Designator Thesis           Physical Location University of the Philippines Diliman: School of Library and Information Studies LG995 1983 L4 C28           Digital Copy Not Available          Add to Book Cart  |   Download MARC