- empirical
- pertaining to data or information obtained through experiment, experience, or observation, and which can be verified
- hypothesis
- a tentative theory
- journal
- a periodical containing scholarly articles and/or disseminating current information on research and development in a particular subject field
- magazine
- a periodical for general reading containing articles, stories, photographs and advertisements on a variety of subjects
- peer-reviewed
- see refereed journal
- periodical
- a serial appearing or intended to appear indefinitely at regular or stated intervals, generally more frequently than annually. Magazines, journals and newspapers are all periodicals.
- qualitative research
- a type of research methodology that produces descriptive data, with little emphasis given to numerical quantification.
- quantitative research
- form of research methodology in which experimental variables and relationships are assigned numerical value.
- refereed journal
- a refereed journal has a structured reviewing system in which at least two reviewers, excluding in-house editors, evaluate each unsolicited manuscript and advise the editor as to acceptance or rejection. Refereed is used interchangeably with peer-reviewed in UlrichsWeb Global Serials Directory.
Note: The definitions on this page are adapted from the ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science (except for "refereed journal").
