Books and articles are the two main formats of textual research. In terms of content, what do you consider to be the difference between books and articles?
Tim Donahue
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I consider books to be a large volume of information on a topic that can be rather broad (i.e. cancer). I view an article as a recent publication of research on a very specific issue (i.e. the cancer causing the death of the Tasmanian Devil) that is much more specific than a book and shorter. Articles support the main ideas that books create a base of knowledge for.
Mike Pasque
For my AB I am able to find articles and books aplenty, although not at MSU Library. The articles need to be searched for with a specific topic in mind and in publications I’m familiar with. Most articles tend to be subject specific and succinct whereas the books are filled with a great deal more information but not always as focused as the articles might be.
An article tends to be less to read than a book, so a book contains more information. I think an article is on a specific topic, where as a book is more general. You can get a lot of information from both but different information depending on what you're topic is.
In my opinion, books is the large volume of articles. It contains much more informations than an article does.In other words, books give broad informaation about a topic where as article gives specific knowlegde,person's view about a topic.
Books are generally used for larger topics, they can and generally do go into specifics, but use these specifics to explain a larger idea. Articles on the other hand tend to focus on one area within a topic and can be written by a wider range of people. Many college students and professors publish articles whereas it is more difficult to have a book published. Both are necessary when doing research, however, I often find artcles more user friendly when doing specific research because they are easier to find the information you are looking for.
I agree with what everyone else has been saying; that books seem to contain vast amounts of information on broad subjects, encompassing numerous different topics and/or aspects of a topic. Articles seem to provide much more detailed and in-depth information about a very specific topic.
Its pretty much all been said so far, but I think that articles are shorter, and get to the point faster. They tend to cram the important facts in, but leave out more of the details. A book is pretty much the opposite. It takes a little longer to get to the point, but generally contains more of the details.
I think that articles are more of a direct way of looking at a topic. Books are more of a broad way of trying to research a topic. Books can have so much knowledge in them and articles are a little shorter but still with lots of knowledge.
i consider books on average to be a much more accurate source of information then articles. Books are an author, we assume that he is an expert on his topic, who is dedicating a large amount of research and man power into making this book for you to read. Books have all relevant information for a topic and thus are far better for the acquisition of any specific material. Articles are more like summaries for a topic, they are ideal if you are low on time or if you dont need large ammounts of information to back your topic. Articles are great for providing specific points, and for shorter papers they are positively ideal, but for a very large paper where you need extensive information on a topic it is normally a better idea to use books then articles.
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