Serial (publishing)

Not to be confused with Serial (literature).

In publishing and library and information science, the term serial is applied to materials "in any medium issued under the same title in a succession of discrete parts, usually numbered (or dated) and appearing at regular or irregular intervals with no predetermined conclusion."

Periodicals

Main article: Periodicals

In contrast to serials in general, a periodical has been defined as "A serial publication with its own distinctive title, containing a mix of articles ... by more than one contributor, issued ... at regular stated intervals of less than a year, without prior decision as to when the final issue will appear." Thus a periodical does not admit irregularly spaced publication times. This includes magazines and journals, but not proceedings; it also does not include newspapers.

See also

Main category: Serials

• Academic publishing
• Book series
• International Standard Serial Number
• Monographic series
• Serial Item and Contribution Identifier
• Serials crisis

External links

• Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science