In
publishing and
library and information science, the term serial is applied to materials "in any medium issued under the same title in a succession of discrete parts, usually numbered (or dated) and appearing at regular or irregular intervals with no predetermined conclusion."
This includes the
literary serial, where a story is published in several parts, but also all kinds of
periodicals such as magazines and journals.
Periodicals
Periodicals are publications that are issued on a regular basis. Some of the examples of periodicals are weekly
magazines,
journals, Trade publications and
newspapers
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sport ...
.
Each type of periodicals has its own characteristics and purpose.
In contrast to serials in general, a periodical has been defined as "A serial publication with its own distinctive title, containing a mix of articles ... by more than one contributor, issued ... at regular stated intervals of less than a year, without prior decision as to when the final issue will appear."
Thus a periodical does not admit irregularly spaced publication times. This includes
magazines and
journals, but not
proceedings, but traditionally excludes
newspapers
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sport ...
.
Thus all periodicals are serials but not all serials are periodicals.
See also
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Academic publishing
Academic publishing is the subfield of publishing which distributes academic research and scholarship. Most academic work is published in academic journal articles, books or theses. The part of academic written output that is not formally pub ...
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Book series
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Collection (publishing)
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International Standard Serial Number
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ISO 4
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Monographic series
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Serial Item and Contribution Identifier
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Serials crisis
References
External links
Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science
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