Oversize materials may be shelved in a separate location, as indicated in the entry in the online catalog. Generally, the frequency of publication is weekly, monthly, quarterly. See also Magazine , Journal , Serial . Periodical index - Periodical indexes list articles which have appeared in journals , magazines , or newspapers. They list author, title, name of periodical, volume , pages and date of publication.
Abstracts are indexes that also contain summaries of the content of the article.
Paper indexes and abstracts can be found in the Reference Area. Plagarism - Stealing someone else's published ideas or information and presenting them as your own, without giving proper credit. Primary sources contain original information and are usually the place where the original information first appears. Examples of primary sources include interviews, diaries, letters, speeches, results of experiments or original research, literary works, autobiographies, original theories, and other materials. Compare to secondary source .