General new literature refers to recently published academic articles, including periodicals, conference papers, dissertations and reports. These documents have a wide range of sources and high quality, which is of great significance to research and academic exchanges.

Higher vocational thesis refers to the thesis written by higher vocational students in graduation thesis or other course papers. These papers have certain practicability and application, but they are relatively weak in academic aspects, so they are different from the general new literature in terms of literature types.

For university graduation thesis, it is generally suggested to choose general new literature as the reference literature type, because it can better reflect the academic and scientific nature of the research and improve the quality and level of the thesis. Of course, in some special circumstances, such as studying a specific practical problem or referring to local policies and regulations, higher vocational papers can also be appropriately selected as reference types.