On Wednesday, 19 November 2014
Periodicals are very similar to a journal/article, there are three main types of periodical which actually are a newspaper, magazine or a journal based source. A periodical is very useful to search for a particular type of book, they are often best used when writing research reports. Periodicals can be find in libraries, they are a very good source of information when they are needed as they provide a lot of help, they are published regularly so the information is not too out dated. The majority of periodicals are written for use by a general audience (this means they are not expected to have any specific knowledge.) The periodicals that are written for specialists are called journals.
Here we have a chart that explains what a periodical is, this is from the Medicine Hat College Library, it explains it from popularity to scholarly and also in trade.
