PERIODICALS WHY WHERE WHAT HOW What are periodicals
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PERIODICALS WHY? WHERE? WHAT? HOW?
What are periodicals? • Magazines, Journals, Newspapers that are published on a regular basis. For example: – New York Times – daily – Business Week – weekly – Journal of Psychology – monthly • You will usually find the word “serial” used to indicate that the title is a periodical. WHAT?
Why scholarly? Why popular? SCHOLARLY Professional or Expert in field Professors, researchers, students Author Journalist, student, popular author Special Features Glossy paper, color images, advertisements WHY? Tables, graphs, maps Long articles POPULAR Length Audience Short articles General reading audience Continued…
Why scholarly? Why popular? SCHOLARLY Bibliography, works cited, footnotes Advanced reading level POPULAR Credits Language Reviewed by peers, experts/scholars in the field Review Policy/ Editor Discusses a specific scholarly field Purpose No bibliographies, mentions reports/specialists Non-technical language Editor or editorial board reviews Current events, general interest
Where are the periodicals located? • Basement – Periodicals Room – Education Room • 3 rd Floor WHERE? – Science Section • E-Journals – http: //memex. lehman. cuny. edu/ – Browse the e-journals list
How to locate a periodical? • Check the CUNY+ web catalog – The catalog will indicate the availability at Lehman or one of the other CUNY libraries HOW? • http: //memex. lehman. cuny. edu/ • Check the list of E-Journals available at Lehman – This list will give you access to over 6, 000 e-journals. • http: //memex. lehman. cuny. edu/
Your Turn • • • Get into groups Write your names on the worksheet Discuss strategy – 2 minutes only! Go to the periodicals room and begin I will help you with the microform reader/printers, if needed • Return worksheets to me GOOD LUCK!!!
