Conference literature: refers to papers and other materials read or exchanged at academic conferences. After the meeting, these meeting documents are usually released in the form of a collection, such as meeting minutes, meeting papers, meeting papers, etc.
Dissertation: refers to the academic papers written by undergraduates and postgraduates in colleges and universities under the guidance of tutors or engaged in scientific research, including bachelor's dissertations and master's dissertations. The problems discussed in the dissertation are professional and in-depth, and generally have some originality. Most doctoral dissertations are creative scientific research works.
Patent literature: patent literature in a narrow sense refers to various patent publications published by the patent department, such as patent specifications and claims; Patent literature in a broad sense also includes abstract of instructions, patent bulletin, various retrieval reference books and legal documents related to patents.
Publications: including administrative documents and scientific and technological documents. The former includes reports, meeting minutes, laws, decrees, treaties, rules and regulations, bills, resolutions, notices, statistical data, etc. And the latter includes scientific research reports, popular science materials, science and technology policies, technical regulations, etc.
Characteristics of special literature:
Thematic literature is a very important information source, with distinctive features, extensive content, huge quantity and high reference value, which plays an important role in medical literature retrieval.
The function of thematic literature is the information that reflects the latest scientific research achievements or the latest academic trends in many fields of engineering technology, political economy and society at home and abroad. It often contains problems that are ahead of time or developing, and has precious academic value and reference value.