1.7 Types of publications


Determine your information needs
	1.1 Define your topic
	1.2 Increase familiarity with your topic
	1.3 Map your ideas
	1.4 Types of assignment
	1.5 Amount of information
	1.6 Types of sources
	1.7 Types of publications
		1.7.1 Reference material
		1.7.2 Books and E-books
		1.7.3 Periodicals
		1.7.4 Conference proceedings
		1.7.5 Legislation
		1.7.6 Standards
		1.7.7 Multimedia material
		1.7.8 Web pages


	Glossary

For some assignments you may need information from Scholarly journals...
...while others might require you to watch a film on DVD.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of scholars or scholarship: scholarly pursuits; a scholarly edition with footnotes. Academic; learned.

The type of Publication you need will:

A copy of a printed work offered for distribution.

depend on the assigned problem you are trying to solve
determine which tools (e.g. Catalogue databases (via the Digital Library) or Internet search tools), if any, to use when searching for information.
A list or itemized display, as of titles, course offerings, or articles for exhibition or sale, usually including descriptive information or illustrations.

When deciding what types of publication you need, think about how the information evolves from an event or idea to published information:

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