To borrow such materials, check with a reference librarian. Monograph A book. Online Database A computerized file, often of periodical indexes. Periodical Publications issued at regular intervals of less than a year. Periodicals can also be referred to as serials.
Magazine contains news stories or articles on various subjects and written for a general audience.
Typically includes a great deal of advertising. Often the subscription is free. 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. Both indexes and abstracts are found in reference departments.