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imonthly, and bound into annual volumes paginated continuously within each volume. Most
journal articles are longer than five pages and include a bibliography or list of works cited at the
end. (www.msvu.ca/library/glossary.asp)
- A periodical that is scholarly or academic in content and purpose. Examples:
Journal of Architectural Education or American Anthropologist. Compare with magazine.
(www.wit.edu/library/Orientation/glossary.html)
- A monthly or quarterly publication containing scholarly articles written by
professors, researchers, and other experts in their field. More scholarly than a magazine.
(www.bu.edu/library/instruction/gloss.html)
- The term "journal" is used, in business, for a book in which an account of
transactions is kept previous to a transfer to the ledger. (www.turbocashuk.com/Accounting-
Terms.html)
- A periodical containing scholarly articles on a particular subject, such as
many professional publications; or a synonym for newspaper and often used as part of a
newspaper's title. (library.queensu.ca/webisi/survivalguide/glossary.html)
- A periodical on a single topic published by an academic or association press.
It will contain original research. A journal is more scholarly than a magazine you would buy in a
grocery store or a newsstand. Journal articles are signed by the author(s) and include a
bibliography. (www.library.okstate.edu/infolit/glossary.htm)
Steven et al. (1998) gave the importance and role of journal as follows;
The importance of journal
1. Published periodically
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