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PLUG-INs A Student’s Guide to Information Literacy . MAGAZINES & JOURNALS. What is a magazine ? What is a journal ?. How are magazines & journals different from books?. Why should you read magazines & journals ?. First, what is a magazine or journal ?. Magazines & - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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PLUG-INs A Student’s Guide toInformation Literacy
MAGAZINES & JOURNALS
How are magazines &
journals different from
books?
What is a magazine ? What is
a journal ?
Why should you read
magazines & journals ?
First, what is a magazine or
journal ?
Magazines & journals are
publications which come out from time to time, periodically
or serially. In fact, other names for them are periodicals
or serials.
Sometimes a periodical comes
out every month. We call
this a MONTHLY.
Sometimes a periodical
comes out only 4 times a year. We call this a QUARTERLY.
Sometimes a periodical comes out every week.
We call this a WEEKLY.
All issues in a year are called a volume.
A single copy of a periodical
is called an issue.
So, a monthly periodical has
12 issues a year, or 12 issues in one
volume.
It takes a long time to write and publish a book. Periodicals can report stories
sooner than books; so the information is more timely
or current.
How are magazines &
journals different from books?
What is the difference between a
magazine & a journal ?
MAGAZINES are often written for “light” reading or entertainment.
People who write for MAGAZINES are
usually not experts in the subject.
Usually MAGAZINES are not expensive because they have
many advertisements. Sometimes the ads are interesting and useful.
MAGAZINES are usually colorful and very attractive. MAGAZINES
usually have many photographs.
JOURNALS are usually about a
specialized subject and are written by
experts in that subject.
JOURNALS present research findings and the
results of serious
academic studies
JOURNALS are sometimes published by
academic or scientific societies, not regular
businesses.
Usually academic and
scientific JOURNALS have fewer
advertisements than magazines.
Sometimes JOURNALS
have no advertisements
at all.
JOURNALS can be very expensive, especially
journals about medicine and science.
Some academic JOURNALS have a feature called PEER REVIEW. This means that experts decide what articles get published in a journal.
They read and comment on all articles before they appear in the
journal. Ask your teacher if you need to use this feature for your research.
A story in a periodical is called
an ARTICLE. Articles can be
short or long, many words or few
words.
Sometimes readers of the periodical write letters about a story they read. These letters are printed in a special section
called LETTERS FROM READERS.
Because information in a journal is newer than in a book, the
latest scientific research is found in journals not books
It’s fun ! And, reading
magazines can improve your vocabulary.
Why should you read magazines and journals?
Sometimes the titles of the
articles are on the cover.
In this magazine, there are articles about Portugal.
Let’s look at a magazine cover. This magazine is
called FACES.
On the cover, there are photographs about
what is inside. Here, we see faces of boys from
Portugal.
Inside this magazine the
feature article is called Alfa’s
Back.
There is a photograph of an Alfa sports
car on the cover.
Here is another magazine cover. The title
of the magazine is Sports Car International.
Usually the first page of a
magazine is the CONTENTS
page.
All the articles and the authors are listed on this
page. Also, it tells you what page the article starts.
Here is an example of the CONTENTS page from Faces
magazine.
On page 12, we find a story called
Portugal Around the World. The author is
R. Anthony Kugler.
We call these words a
CAPTION. Look at the examples.
Sometimes photographs in
magazine articles have some words
under them.
There are about 250 different titles at the
Fujairah Colleges.
Some are “serious” and some are for
fun.
There are about 650 different magazines and journals in HCT
libraries.
For example, there is a
Business Section, Education Section,
Sports Section & so on.
The library groups periodicals in
sections by topic.
You can relax and read an article during a break
between classes.
In addition to magazines & journals in print, HCT has over 35,000 full text
magazines and journals online.
How do you find these
online journals?
Pull down Resources and click on
Journals Search.
Go to :library.hct.ac.ae
You can enter the name of the journal in the search box or
browse by title.
For detailsabout how to find articles on a specific topic, ask your friendly
librarian or see the PlugIn lesson called ONLINE DATABASES.
Finally, for your reports, you may need a record of the articles you
read.
Keep this information : 1. Author’s name 2. Title of article 3. Name of periodical 4. Date, volume & issue 5. Page numbers
You use a special
format for a Bibliography.
We will learn more about this in future
Plug In lessons.
A list of the articles you have read is called a
Bibliography or References
List.
Remember, some magazines are for
serious study and some are for fun !
I hope you will enjoy reading magazines &
journals.
HAPPY READING !
Thank you for listening.