Scholarly and non-scholarly periodicals: About Periodicals

Definitions of periodicals.....

• Publications which are issued at least twice a year, including journals, magazines and newspapers.
• Publications such as magazines, newspapers and journals that are published at regular intervals, usually daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly.
• Publications issued on a regular or periodic basis. Newspapers, magazines, newsletters, scholarly, professional, trade, and popular journals are ...
• Publications issued in successive parts at regular intervals, including journals, magazines and newspapers. ...
• magazines, serials, newspapers, journals, standing orders. Libraries call anything that is received on a regular basis a periodical. They include magazines like Sports Illustrated or journals such as Journal of Marriage and the Family.

Journals and magazines, collectively referred to as periodicals, are important sources of up-to-date information in all disciplines. In the future you may need to read a particular type of periodical known as a scholarly or research-oriented journal. This guide is designed to help you distinguish between a scholarly journal and other types of periodicals.

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