THE SERIALS

OBJECTIVE

  • To encourage students to develop the habit of self-learning on the use of serials collections that may contribute to their intellectual development.
  • To introduce the students to the different types of serials collections as supplementary materials for their research.
  • To provide library users easy access to information using abstracts and indexes.

WHAT IS A SERIAL?

  • A “Serial” is defined as any publication issued in successive parts which are intended to be continued indefinitely. These publications may be issued in print, non-print, and or electronic format.

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERIALS?

PROCEEDINGS

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  • Proceedings – are the collection of academic papers that are published in the context of an academic conference. They are usually distributed as printed books after the conference has closed. Proceedings contain the papers of the researchers at the conference. They are the written record of the work that is presented to fellow researchers.



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NEWSLETTER

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  • Newsletter – is a regularly distributed publication generally about one topic that is of interest to its subscribers. Newsletters are published by clubs, churches, societies, associations, and businesses, especially companies. This provides information of interest to their members, customers or employees.


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NEWSPAPER

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  • Newspaper – is a written publication containing news, information and advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called newsprint. It often features articles on political event, crime, business, art/entertainment, society and sports. Most of the papers also feature an editorial page containing columns which express the personal opinion of the writers. Newspapers are often published on a daily or weekly basis. It features weather news and forecasts, a gossip column, a sports section and classified ads.



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POPULAR MAGAZINES

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  • Popular magazines – are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles.


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RESEARCH JOURNALS

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  • Refereed materials are of high quality. The contents, articles and manuscripts included in these publications are reviewed and evaluated by experts. The purpose of this is to protect, maintain and raise the quality of scholarly materials published in serials.
  • This must contain graph and charts
  • Author includes a list of cited sources in footnotes and/or bibliography
  • Includes limited advertisements related to that example : scholarly books or publication subject field
  • Terminology used is specific to a subject discipline
  • Found in libraries and other academic, medical or scientific settings
  • Articles approved by author’s peers of Editorial Boards
  • Long articles 7 + pages.



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TRADE PUBLICATION

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  • Trade publication – is a periodical, magazine or publication printed with the intention of target marketing to a specific industry or type of trade/business. Trade journals typically contain heavy advertising content focused on the industry in questions with little if any “general audience” advertising..



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WHAT ARE INDEXES?

  • Article indexes also called periodical indexes) include the citations of articles in magazines, journals and newspapers. Some article indexes contain abstracts or brief summaries of the articles. It is a lists of subject, topics & names arranged alphabetically. It indicates page references in the text publications. Periodical indexes are available in both paper and online formats.

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF INDEX?

BUSINESS PERIODICAL INDEX

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  • is a cumulative index to periodicals on accounting, advertising, marketing, agriculture, banking, building, chemical industry, communications, computer technology and applications, drug and cosmetics industries, economics, electronics, finance and other businesses, industries and trades.
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READERS GUIDE TO PERIODICAL LITERATURE

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  • is a cumulative author-subject index to selected periodicals of general interest. It also provides listing of citation to book reviews.
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PHILOSOPHERS INDEX

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  • It is a current, comprehensive, and easy-to-use subject and author index to philosophical articles, books, anthologies.
  • The alphabetical subject index lists the subject headings and proper names that describe the content of the book and article.
  • The author index alphabetically lists the authors of the articles and books.
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INDEX MEDICUS

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  • is a bibliographic listings of references to articles from biomedical journals world-wide. The National Library of Medicine indexes literature that has been judged most useful to Index Medicus users by a group of distinguished physicians, medical editors, and medical librarians. Materials selected for inclusion are indexed by highly trained literature analysts.
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CINAHL

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  • Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
  • provides comprehensive coverage of the English language journal literature related to nursing and the allied health disciplines from 1982 to the present. Materials from over 1,600 journals are included.
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AVAILABLE ONLINE PERIODICAL INDEXES (Databases)

  • Catholic Periodical Index - this database covers all aspects of the Catholic faith and lifestyle, and includes over 380,000 index citations of articles and reviews published in Roman Catholic periodicals, Papal Documents, Church promulgations, and books about the catholic church.
  • http://rizal.lib.admu.edu.ph/cippa/cippa.asp
  • CIPPA (Computerized Index to Philippine Periodical Articles) - a guide to articles from local newspapers and magazines. http://search.epnet.com



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WHAT IS AN ABSTRACT?

  • It is a summary of a publication or article accompanied by an adequate bibliographical description to enable the publication or articles to be traced.

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF ABSTRACTS?

BIOLOGICAL ABSTRACT

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  • The Biological Abstracts provide references to current research from the biological and biomedical literature. It is a guide to authors organisms and subject related to life sciences.

    • Author Index

  • It is used to locate entries when specific personal or corporate author name is known. Entries are arranged alphabetically, by surname followed by the first name. When no personal author names are given, a corporate name (e.g., UNESCO) with a geographical designation, when available is used.

    • Organism Index

  • It is used to find entries by taxonomic name. It provides hierarchical access to taxonomic names for ease in locating references to related organisms.

    • Subject Index

  • It is used to find entries using significant subject terms (key terms) added by Thomson Scientific indexers. Key terms are arranged alphabetically and are followed by a second list of terms that further define the context of the key terms, such as drug modifiers, major concepts, and other terms.
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CHEMICAL ABSTRACT

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  • The Chemical abstracts are the most complete guide to chemical literature of the world. Referencing more than 14.8 million documents since it was published in 1907. It covers subject related to biology, clinical medicine, physics, geology, engineering, food substance and more.

    • Division of Chemical Abstracts

  • Author Index
  • Chemical Substance Index
  • Formula Index
  • General Subject Index
  • Patent Index
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PSYCHOLOGICAL ABSTRACT

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  • The Psychological Abstracts is a monthly publication of the American Psychological Association. It provides non-evaluative summaries of the serial and book literature in psychology and related disciplines.

    • Division of Psychological Abstracts

  • Author Index
  • Subject Index

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COMMUNICATION ABSTRACT

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  • It is a comprehensive source of information about communication-related publications. It provides recent literature in the areas of communication, advertising and marketing, broadcasting, journalism, and mass media.

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DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS INTERNATIONAL (DAI)

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  • is published monthly by ProQuest and includes abstracts of doctoral dissertations submitted to UMI by 550 participating institutions I North America and throughout the world. provides abstracts of postgraduate researches in the fields of Humanities, Social Sciences and Engineering. Entries in DAI are grouped by author-selected subject.

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MASTERS ABSTRACTS INTERNATIONAL

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  • a bimonthly publication by ProQuest Information and Learning. It includes master theses, Educational Specialist materials and other projects, which have been accepted for degrees by accredited institutions. This contains abstracts on the following subjects : humanities, social sciences, Sciences and Engineering. Entries in MAI are grouped by subject

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