periodicals
Newspapers and magazines
Periodicals are publications issued at regular intervals—magazines, journals, newspapers, and the like.
The term emphasizes the recurring schedule rather than the content: The library's periodicals section includes everything from academic journals to celebrity tabloids.
In academic contexts, periodicals often specifically means scholarly journals as distinct from books.
Written works or items
- featuresDistinctive qualities or aspects
- columnsUpright structural shafts
- editorialsPaper's official stances
- lettersAlphabetic characters or mail
reviews · interviews · advertisements · classifieds · photography · illustrations · cover story · commentary
Vertical arrangements of items
- holdingsProperty one owns
- archivesStored historical documents
- catalogOrdered list of items
- microfilmPhotographically reduced documents
microfiche · bound volumes · reading room · reference · interlibrary loan · indexing · abstracting · acquisition
Paid recurring access
- subscriberOne who enrolls regularly
- newsstandBooth selling periodicals
- readershipPublication's collective consumers
- circulationMovement through a system
audience · browsing · leisure · informative · glossy · pulp · mainstream · niche
Bound periodical with articles
- newspaperPrinted periodical of current events
- journalRecord of daily events
- bulletinBrief public announcement
- gazetteOfficial published journal
newsletter · pamphlet · digest · quarterly · weekly · monthly · review · tabloid
Publication's official viewpoint article
- headlineNews article title
- bylineArticle author identification
- correspondentJournalist covering distant events
- columnistRecurring newspaper feature writer
dateline · feature · newsroom · scoop · beat · investigation · op-ed · syndicate
Every seven days
- biweeklyEvery two weeks
- monthlyOccurring each lunar cycle
- quarterlyFour times annually
- annualOccurring every year
bimonthly · semiannual · fortnightly · seasonal · regular · recurring · serial · subscription
articles
Written works or items
- featuresDistinctive qualities or aspects
- columnsUpright structural shafts
- editorialsPaper's official stances
letters · reviews · interviews · advertisements · classifieds · photography · illustrations · cover story · commentary · opinion
stacks
Vertical arrangements of items
microfilm · microfiche · bound volumes · reading room · reference · interlibrary loan · indexing · abstracting · acquisition · preservation
subscription
Paid recurring access
- subscriberOne who enrolls regularly
- newsstandBooth selling periodicals
- readershipPublication's collective consumers
circulation · audience · browsing · leisure · informative · glossy · pulp · mainstream · niche · specialty
magazine
Bound periodical with articles
- newspaperPrinted periodical of current events
- journalRecord of daily events
- bulletinBrief public announcement
gazette · newsletter · pamphlet · digest · quarterly · weekly · monthly · review · tabloid · broadsheet
editorial
Publication's official viewpoint article
- headlineNews article title
- bylineArticle author identification
- correspondentJournalist covering distant events
columnist · dateline · feature · newsroom · scoop · beat · investigation · op-ed · syndicate · wire service
weekly
Every seven days
annual · bimonthly · semiannual · fortnightly · seasonal · regular · recurring · serial · subscription · renewal
- creative worksbooks, autobiography, memoir, novels, diary
- librarylibrarian, book stacks, books, library card, bookshelves
- newsnews, headlines, breaking news, headline, news alert
- pastimeshobbies, amusement, puzzles, cards, crafting
- history resourceschronicles, archives, timelines, documentaries, narratives
- journalsjournals, journal, diary, diaries, personal diaries
periodicalsbooks
Bound written works
monographs · novels · encyclopedias · anthologies · complete works
periodicalspermanent records
classics · sacred texts · reference works · historical documents · scriptures