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− | n publishing or 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."
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− | A periodical is a type of serial, defined as a "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." This includes magazines and journals, but not proceedings.
| + | In publishing or 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." |
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− | Magazines and newspapers are commonly viewed as the most typical type of periodical (although technically newspapers are not classified as periodicals in [[library science]]). Other serials, periodicals and journals produced by scientific, artistic, academic or special interest publishers are often subscription-only, costly, narrowly limited in circulation, and have little or no advertising. Also see academic publishing and scientific journals.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Serials%2C_periodicals_and_journals] | + | A periodical is a type of serial, defined as a "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." This includes magazines and journals, but not [[proceedings]]. |
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| + | Magazines and newspapers are commonly viewed as the most typical type of periodical (although technically newspapers are not classified as periodicals in [[library science]]). Other serials, periodicals and journals produced by scientific, artistic, academic or special interest publishers are often subscription-only, costly, narrowly limited in circulation, and have little or no advertising. Also see academic publishing and scientific journals.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Serials%2C_periodicals_and_journals] |
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