30 Zines, Magazines & Journals - Information Venues (Information Research)
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This article is from the Information Research FAQ, by David Novak david@spireproject.com with numerous contributions by others.
30 Zines, Magazines & Journals - Information Venues (Information Research)
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Zines, Magazines, Journals and Newsletters; each incorporate the
valuable services of quality control, editorial input, and focus.
Newsprint, though similar in concept, is best dealt with separately.
The trouble with using periodicals in research is their unfocussed view
of the world. Reading through a topical periodical is such a passive
approach to finding information. The information is likely to be
interesting, but hardly likely to answer your questions. At best, you
are 'keeping up-to-date' in your field.
The solution to this is the database search of either full-text or
bibliographic/abstract information from a great many periodicals.
Before we reach for the database search, let us run through the ways to
find periodicals.
* Zines are listed in three primary online directories: John Labovitz's
E-Zine-list, the NewJour mailing list, the ARL Directory of Electronic
Journals, and by browsing some of the university zine collections.
* Print periodicals are listed in three primary directories: Ulrich's
International Periodical Directory, EBSCO's Serial Directory, and
Newsletters in Print, and by browsing the periodical collections of
primary libraries like the Library of Congress.
* A few further online lists of periodicals exist like one for US
magazines and another for Australian Magazines.
Since periodicals are a passive form of research, a search for
promising periodicals is not the usual way of doing a search.
Organizations will often subscribe to promising periodicals then
circulate them among interested parties, facilitating the passive
collection of information.
The directories above represent one way to find promising periodicals.
A better way is to search the databases for promising articles, then
paying attention to promising periodicals which appear frequently.
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