Including: books, series of publications (periodicals, newspapers, etc. ), brochures, papers, patents, standards, meeting minutes, government publications, etc.
It records countless useful facts, data, theories, methods, assumptions, experiences and lessons, and is a basic tool for human beings to communicate across time and space, understand and transform the world.
After processing, this kind of information is more systematic, accurate, reliable and easy to save and use, but there are also cases where the information is relatively lagging behind and some information has yet to be confirmed. Generally speaking, this kind of information is the largest and most utilized information resource. According to various standards, various types of documents can be classified.
Extended data
The basic elements of literature are:
1, knowledge with historical value and research value;
2. A carrier;
3. Some methods and means;
4. A kind of meaning expression and recording system.
People usually understand that literature refers to the sum of knowledge recorded in books, periodicals and laws. Literature is the most effective means of recording, accumulating, spreading and inheriting knowledge, the most basic and main source of information in human social activities, and the most basic means of information exchange and dissemination.
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