Request for Question Clarification by
leapinglizard-ga
on
02 Sep 2004 19:42 PDT
I'm afraid I made several absentminded errors in the above. Sorry,
it's past my bedtime. The corrected text follows.
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There are many ways to classify printed matter.
For example, a library will divide its holdings into Periodicals and
Books. Periodicals are journals, newspapers, magazines, and other
things published on a recurring basis. Books are published essentially
once, although later printings and subsequent editions may appear.
In another context, when you're writing a paper, your bibliography
will include primary sources and secondary sources. Primary sources
are ones from which you quote directly or whose facts you cite in making
your argument. Secondary sources are those to which your primary
sources refer, or materials that you recommend your readers consult
for further information on your topic but that you haven't cited or
quoted in the paper itself.
Yet another way to divide the library into two worlds is to consider
that there are specialized books, including all fictional works and
any non-fiction work devoted to a certain theme such as snails or
economics or breast cancer, and then there are general-purpose
references such as dictionaries and encyclopediae.
Is one of these divisions the one you are looking for? If so, I'll
post it as an answer.
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