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Periodicals
Literature types 1
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Literature types 3
100
a journal written for people who work and practice in a particular profession or occupation
What is a trade journal?
100
a type of reference work that defines terms related to a particular academic subject ---- Find a term and its definition that starts with the letter "M"
What is a subject dictionary?
100
a source that lists the names and contact information for persons and organizations ---- Find the name of an important person who has a title and whose contact information is listed (phone, address, etc). Must be either a professional in a field, or a business executive (CEO, President, Director, etc)
What is a directory?
100
a work that scientists or amateurs can take out into the field to identify things -- often living things like birds and plants
What is a field guide?
200
a type of scholarly journal with articles that have been reviewed and approved by a group of scholars in that field
What is a peer-reviewed journal?
200
a book of geographical maps all related to a particular subject, like "global warming" -- or a book of maps that offer a visual "anatomy" of a medical topic ---- Find a map that visualizes a particular issue or topic
What is an atlas?
200
a book that details the major events that happened in a SINGLE YEAR ---- Can you find an example of this book in your collection? What year is it about?
What is a yearbook?
200
a book of instructions about many different procedures and operations performed in a certain occupation, with a "how-to" focus ---- Find an example of an operation, procedure, or task being explained -- or any kind of "how to do it" or "how it works" information
What is a manual?
300
a type of audience who reads popular news and magazines for pleasure and information, or who reads to get information about products and services they want to buy
What are consumers?
300
a book with well-developed entries that summarize well-established knowledge about a single subject ----
What is a subject encyclopedia?
300
a type of dictionary that lists alphabetical entries with a geographical (place) focus ----
What is a gazetteer?
300
a concise, often portable guide containing practical information in a field or subject: such as glossary definitions, tables and charts of data, background and other practical information ----
What is a handbook?
400
the name of the tab on the library home page where you can find out about a source, like a periodical, by retrieving its electronic record
What is eJournals--Publication Finder?
400
a tool that "points" to where you can find a word in a book, or where you can find an article in another source ----
What is an index?
400
a book of brief and interesting facts about a place, person or organization, or subject ---- Find a fact about either sports or politics
What is an almanac?
400
a book that narrates all the events taking place over a long span of time, about a particular person, organization, or subject ---- Tell me what years of history the book covers -- from the earliest to the latest year
What is a chronology?
500
the name of the database FIELD in a record where you can find the title of a periodical Go to Academic Search Complete, search for your major subject, and open a record.
What is Source?
500
a source published by an organization to announce its latest news and events
What is a newsletter?
500
a list of references or citations about a particular subject
What is a bibliography?
500
an article that gives a state of the art summary and critical overview of the most important scholarly research that's been done in an academic field
What is a literature review?