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AgriOcean DSpace Support Material. List of Content Types

last update on Jue, 14/02/2013

In this list the content type (and subtype) templates to submit material in AgriOcean DSpace are defined. Followed is the order of appearance in the drop-down box of the field 'Select template' in AgriOcean DSpace.[Download these in an excel file]


Journal contribution

Article
Review
Editorial
Letter
Meeting abstract
Note
Other

Book section
Book
Proceedings paper
Conference contribution

Paper
Poster
Presentation
Other

Research report
Working paper
Thesis
Other

Preprint
 

Journal contribution: This term is used to collect a selection of frequently occurring type of contributions to a journal/periodical. Journal is a periodical committed to disseminating research in a specific field of study, usually published in quarterly, bimonthly, or monthly issues. Open Access journal is a periodical that makes the full text of the articles it publishes universally and freely available via the Internet by depositing them in an open access repository.]

Article: A piece of prose written by one or more authors and published in a scholarly journal. Articles often include a bibliography and an abstract and are ideally peer-reviewed.

Review: An evaluative account of a newly published work, usually written by a qualified person, for publication in a journal.

Editorial: A brief note expressing the opinion of the chief editor(s) of a journal with respect to a scientific issue. Editorials appear on the editorial page of a journal and usually precede the main articles.

Letter: A letter, printed on the editorial page of a journal, in which a reader expresses his or her views on the subject of a previously published article or editorial, sometimes followed by a response from the editor(s).

Meeting abstract

Note

Other: If you have a type of journal contribution not present in this list, you can use 'Other'.

Book section: A major section of a book, complete in itself but related in theme to the rest of the book.

Book: A nonperiodical publication consisting of a substantinal number of pages in one physical piece, usually written by a specialist in the field.

Proceedings paper: The published  record of a conference presentation paper published in the proceedings of the conference.

Conference contribution: This term is used for the different types of conference material.

Paper: The written record of a conference presentation, not yet published in the proceedings of the conference.

Poster: A poster is a visual description of a project on  large sheet of paper, prepared for viewing by those attending a conference.

Presentation: The actual text and illustration/graphics presented at a conference, usually as a powerpoint.

Other: If you have a type of conference contribution not present in this list, you can use 'Other'.

Research report: A separately published scientific record of research or technical findings, usually carrying a report number.

Working paper: A preliminary paper, usually based on research, not intended for publication but rather for circulation by the author (or authors) to professional peers for comment.

Thesis: A formal written thesis, especially an account of scholarly investigation or original research on a specialized topic, submitted to a university in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Bachelor´s, Mater´s, Ph.D. degree.

Other (includes pre-print): If you have a type of content not present in this list, you can use 'Other'.

Pre-print: An article to be published in a journal. Distributed in advance with the purpose of receiving feedback from interested persons in the topic to improve the final version of the article.

Source

Definitions partially based on: Joan M. Reitz, Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science (ODLIS), Textstream, 2004.