1) The basis for a SP is the SITE COLLECTION:
For example https://keminind.sharepoint.com/sites/KAE
2) Within a SITE COLLECTION you can have (SUB) SITES
1.1. https://keminind.sharepoint.com/sites/KAE/Sales
1.2. https://keminind.sharepoint.com/sites/KAE/mrktg
3) Within a SITE you can have again (SUB) SITES
1.2. https://keminind.sharepoint.com/sites/KAE/mrktg/MonRpts/
4) Within a SITE (also within a SITE COLLECTION) you can create CONTENT
4.1. PAGES
4.2. LIBRARIES
4.3. LISTS
a LIST contains /Lists/ and an additional list name in the URL ==> https://keminind.sharepoint.com/sites/KAE/mrktg/Lists/ListName
If you want to add metadata columns to the new document library, you can do this using the Add Column drop-down.