monographs
Single-subject scholarly books
Monographs are detailed scholarly works on a single, narrowly defined subject.
A monograph on butterflies of the Pacific Northwest or the poetry of Keats represents deep expertise rather than broad survey.
In academic publishing, monographs are book-length studies, distinct from journal articles or edited collections: Her monograph on medieval trade routes took eight years to complete.
Settling a question finally
- canonicalAccepted as standard
- influentialHaving considerable effect
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- comprehensiveIncluding all elements
systematic · meticulous · rigorous · seminal · substantive · specialized · exhaustive · foundational
Written life account
- autobiographySelf-penned life narrative
- ethnographySystematic study of peoples
- case studyResearched particular instance
- profileSide-facing outline
retrospective · survey · overview · handbook · companion · primer · guide · introduction
Formal scholarly composition
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- analysisMethodical study of parts
exposition · discourse · inquiry · investigation · exegesis · critique · examination · review
definitive
Settling a question finally
- canonicalAccepted as standard
- influentialHaving considerable effect
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
comprehensive · systematic · meticulous · rigorous · seminal · substantive · specialized · exhaustive · foundational · reference
biography
Written life account
- autobiographySelf-penned life narrative
- ethnographySystematic study of peoples
- case studyResearched particular instance
profile · retrospective · survey · overview · handbook · companion · primer · guide · introduction
treatise
Formal scholarly composition
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
analysis · exposition · discourse · inquiry · investigation · exegesis · critique · examination · review · assessment
volumes
Amounts or books
- editionsVersions of publications
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
- tomesLarge academic books
hardcover · paperback · binding · preface · chapters · footnotes · bibliography · index · foreword · ISBN
- literary formsnovel, novels, novella, poetry, poetry collections
- literary workspoems, novels, poetry, fiction, plays
- researchstudy, research papers, researching, archive, peer review
- writingsessay, essays, article, articles, stories
- history resourceschronicles, archives, timelines, documentaries, narratives
- library resourceslibrary, books, librarian, archive, archives
monographsencyclopedias
Multi-volume knowledge collections
compendia · handbooks · anthologies · textbooks · overviews
monographsabstracts
Condensed versions of documents
briefs · pamphlets · notes · summaries · blog posts
monographscollected essays
Assembled nonfiction prose works
essay collections · anthologies · proceedings · symposia · compilations