Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Publications
- What is an publication?
- the act of making information or stories available to people in a printed or electronic form
- Types of publications
- Journals
- Facts sheet
- Bulletins
- Newsletter
- Magazine´s and journal´s
- Similarities
- Both of them are texts
- Both of them have ad´s
- Both of them are reviewed by an editor
- Differences
- Magazines have editions
- Journals publish research projects, their methodology, and significance
- Journals have articles written by contributing authors, with institution indicated
- Magazines have personalities, news, and general interest articles
- Magazines articles are written by staff, may be unsigned
- Journals Articles written by contributing authors, with institution indicated
- What does it mean scholarly?
- involving or relating to serious academic study.
- having or showing knowledge, learning, or devotion to academic pursuits.
- of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons
- What is a reference (in terms of sources of information)?
- reference books (also called reference or background sources, or resources) to get quick specific facts
or information or an overview of a subject. Some examples of reference sources are: dictionaries,
encyclopedias, bibliographies, almanacs, directories, atlases, and handbooks.
- What is a citation?
- a quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work
- a mention of a praiseworthy act in an official report, especially that of a member of the armed forces
in wartime.
- What is a bibliography
- a list of the books referred to in a scholarly work, typically printed as an appendix
- a list of the books of a specific author or publisher, or on a specific subject.
- the history or systematic description of books, their authorship, printing, publication, editions, etc.
- What is APA?
- APA (American Psychological Association) style is most frequently used within the social sciences, in
order to cite various sources. This APA Citation Guide, revised according to the 6th edition of the APA
manual, provides the general format for in-text citations and the reference page. For more information,
please consult the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, (6th ed.).
- What is a Reading Manager
- RMs are software packages designed for scholars and authors to build local libraries that they can then
use to organize, sort, and reference when writing