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Notes a firm. Frequently illustrated and containing prices, it also often contains application
oriented description rather than theoretical description. These are published by Research
and Development Organizations, Trade Associations etc. The original objectives of all
trade journals are product advertisement. The complete description, principles and working
of a newly developed and highly sophisticated instrument may for quite time be available
only in the manufacturer trade journals. E.g.: International Product Finder. Bombay: Business
press.
10. Conference Proceedings: Many conference proceedings present new findings or results of
work for the first time or at least months before they are published in scientific journals.
Sometimes, conference proceedings also include questions from participants and answers
and clarifications from the authors of the papers. The conference proceedings generally
contain the statement of objectives, opening address or presidential address, list of
participants or conference’s who’s who, resolutions or recommendations, etc.
11. Thesis and Dissertation: Thesis and dissertation are the results of purely academic pursuit.
It reports some original work in a specific field. Among all the primary sources of
information thesis and dissertation are probably least used mainly because their existence
is not known in many cases and also due to the limited number of copies of the document.
12. Treatise: A treatise provides an exhaustive treatment of a broad subject. It is encyclopaedic
in coverage of the subject but different in its treatment. It presents in a systematic and
consolidated manner the result of work and research in the field with full reference to the
primary sources.
13. Monograph: The scope of a monograph is narrower than that of a treatise. Monograph is
on a single topic whereas a treatise is on a broad subject. Research monographs are separately
published reports on an original research that is too long, too specialized or otherwise
unsuitable for publication in one of the standard journals. Each monograph is self-contained
which frequently summarizes the particular existing theory or practice along with the
author’s original work.

14. Review: A review is actually a narrative account or critical synthesis of the progress of a
particular field of study prepared by an expert in the field. It shifts, evaluates and puts each
significant contribution into its proper perspective. It indicates interrelationship of ideas,
significance and possible areas of application and so on, so that one can easily get an
expert view of the subject without having to go through the mass of literature.
15. Text Book: A text book is made of continuous exposition, sentences mount into paragraph,
paragraphs into chapter, chapters get woven into a single swelling exposition in the
continuous pursuit of a single idea, simple or complex, and text books are read consecutively
for inspiration, enjoyment or information. There is a link at each stage. There is an element
of continuity. According to Grogan, “a text book is a teaching instrument; its primary aim
is not to import information about its subject but to develop understanding of it.
It concentrates on demonstrating principles rather than recounting detail”.
16. State of the Art Report: These are types of reviews which do not have all embracing scope
and historical orientation. These present information assembled from various sources
and subjects to the operation of analysis, consolidation, extraction and evaluation in a
formal presentation representing the most advanced degree of technical achievement in
its field at the present time. Some owe their existence to a specific query while others are
issued on a regular basis, in many cases once in a year. State of the Art report emphasizes
on the recent and up-to-date ideas.

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