01-03-2011, 10:23 PM
In Wikipedia I found an article that can help, I think. This article categorizes scientific literature and defines the types of scientific publications.
The categorization is as follows:
- "Scientific research on original work initially published in scientific journals is called primary literature. Patents and technical reports, for minor research results and engineering and design work ... can also be considered primary literature"
- "Secondary sources include articles in review journals (which provide a synthesis of research articles on a topic to highlight advances and new lines of research), and books for large projects, broad arguments, or compilations of articles"
- "Tertiary sources might include encyclopedias and similar works intended for broad public consumption"
In the context of this thread, I think that primary sources should be placed in the section 'Magazine, Journals, Papers and Presentations'. Only secondary and tertiary sources should stay in 'book' section. Then the proper place in our forum for the different types of publications as they are defined in Wikipedia, will be:
1. Scientific articles published in scientific journals - Magazine, Journals, Papers and Presentations
2. Patents specialized for science and technology - Magazine, Journals, Papers and Presentations
3. Books wholly written by one or a small number of co-authors - Appropriate books' section, depending on the subject
4. Books, where each chapter is the responsibility of a different author or set of authors, though the editor may take some responsibility for ensuring consistency of style and content - Appropriate books' section, depending on the subject
5. Presentations at academic conferences, especially those organized by learned societies - Appropriate books' section, depending on the subject
6. Government reports such as a forensic investigation conducted by a government agency such as the NTSB (I can't fully understand this. The result of such investigation is technical report, isn't it?)- Magazine, Journals, Papers and Presentations ???
7. Scientific publications on the World Wide Web (excluding e-books) - Magazine, Journals, Papers and Presentations
8. Books, technical reports, pamphlets, and working papers issued by individual researchers or research organizations on their own initiative; these are sometimes organized into a series - Magazine, Journals, Papers and Presentations
So, according to this classification technical reports go to section 'Magazine, Journals, Papers and Presentations.'
Are you agree to this?
The categorization is as follows:
- "Scientific research on original work initially published in scientific journals is called primary literature. Patents and technical reports, for minor research results and engineering and design work ... can also be considered primary literature"
- "Secondary sources include articles in review journals (which provide a synthesis of research articles on a topic to highlight advances and new lines of research), and books for large projects, broad arguments, or compilations of articles"
- "Tertiary sources might include encyclopedias and similar works intended for broad public consumption"
In the context of this thread, I think that primary sources should be placed in the section 'Magazine, Journals, Papers and Presentations'. Only secondary and tertiary sources should stay in 'book' section. Then the proper place in our forum for the different types of publications as they are defined in Wikipedia, will be:
1. Scientific articles published in scientific journals - Magazine, Journals, Papers and Presentations
2. Patents specialized for science and technology - Magazine, Journals, Papers and Presentations
3. Books wholly written by one or a small number of co-authors - Appropriate books' section, depending on the subject
4. Books, where each chapter is the responsibility of a different author or set of authors, though the editor may take some responsibility for ensuring consistency of style and content - Appropriate books' section, depending on the subject
5. Presentations at academic conferences, especially those organized by learned societies - Appropriate books' section, depending on the subject
6. Government reports such as a forensic investigation conducted by a government agency such as the NTSB (I can't fully understand this. The result of such investigation is technical report, isn't it?)- Magazine, Journals, Papers and Presentations ???
7. Scientific publications on the World Wide Web (excluding e-books) - Magazine, Journals, Papers and Presentations
8. Books, technical reports, pamphlets, and working papers issued by individual researchers or research organizations on their own initiative; these are sometimes organized into a series - Magazine, Journals, Papers and Presentations
So, according to this classification technical reports go to section 'Magazine, Journals, Papers and Presentations.'
Are you agree to this?