LIBRARY

Magazines
News Paper
Journals
Periodicals

What is a periodical?
 What is Periodical?

• Periodicals are publications

which are issued at regular
intervals such as journals,
magazines, and the newspapers.
They are also referred to as
serials.
•Periodicals usually consist of a collection of
articles, which may range from a single page story
in magazines to a 40 page study in a scholarly
journal.
 Periodicals
• Periodicals can offer some advantages
over the books depending upon your
information needed. However, when
using periodicals, it is important to
understand the difference between
scholarly and popular periodicals.
 Scholarly Journals

- Report original research or

experimentation, often in specific
academic disciplines.
 Scholarly Journals
• The targeted audience is the scholarly
researcher, faculty, and students.
• Articles are written by experts in the
field, and are signed.
• Articles often use specialized jargon of
the discipline and assume a familiarity
with the subject
 Popular Magazines

• Cover news, current events, hobbies, or

special interests.
 Popular Magazines
• Targeted at the general public, and
available to aboard audiences.
• Articles are usually written by a member
of the editorial staff or free lance writer.
• The language of the articles is geared for
any educated audience and does not
assume familiarity with the subject
matter.
 Trade Journals

• Discuss practical information and concerns

in particular industry.
 Trade Journals
• Contain business news, product
information, advertising, trends in
technology and law.
• Targeted the professionals in the
industry, or the students researching that
specific industry.
• Articles is written by experts in the field
for other experts in the field.
Write (SJ) if its Scholarly Journals, (PM) if its
Popular Magazine, (TJ) if its Trade Journals
1. Journal of Historical Geography
2. Fire Chief
3. Time
4. Advertising Age
5. People
6. Journal of Clinical Psychology
7. National Geographic
8. Accounting Today
9. American Journal of Sociology
10.The New Yorker Times
“Goodbyes and Grief Real Time”

• Then accomplish the Task 8 “Browsing The

Journals” from the book.
 Assignment

• Read and analyze the poem

“Death, Be not Proud”