nature and purposes

Nature and purposes

referenced based books:

what is it?
A book containing useful facts or specially organized information, as an encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, yearbook, etc.
A book, such as an encyclopedia, dictionary, etc, from which information may be obtained

what is its purpose?
To successfully be able to feed information to the reader, organising in a way so that information is easily obtained and packing the book full of facts.

Directories:

what is it?
A book listing individuals or organizations alphabetically or thematically with details such as names, addresses, and telephone numbers.

what is its purpose? Search engines depend on a directory to feed them information that they would not otherwise have. the listings in the directory offer much more information than is possible with a snippet served up in search engine results. Visitors to my directory are treated to all kinds of interesting content related to the theme of the directory, and presumably what they're searching for. periodicals: what is it? a magazine or newspaper published at regular intervals. what is its purpose? A periodical index provides access to periodical articles by subject or author.  A periodical index can help you find articles about a specific topic. An index will point you to the right periodical, the specific date, volume and issue, and page numbers for the article. A periodical index works like a subject catalog for the articles inside magazines and journals. The process of using an index is similar to the process of doing subject or keyword searches for items in a library catalog.  newspapers: what is a newspaper? a printed publication (usually issued daily or weekly) consisting of folded un-stapled sheets and containing news, articles, advertisements, and correspondence. what is a newspapers purpose?  to disseminate news on a daily or weekly basis. Film archives:  what are film archives? A film archive is a collection of films. what is the purpose of film archives?  The purpose is for professional archivists and historians which generally understand archives to be records that have been naturally and necessarily generated as a product of regular legal, commercial, administrative or social activities. They have been metaphorically defined as "the secretions of an organism". They are well organised and distinguished from documents that have been consciously written or created to communicate a particular message to posterity. Photo libraries: what are photo libraries? iCloud Photo Library works seamlessly with the new Photos app to keep your photos and videos stored in iCloud and up to date on your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Mac, and iCloud.com. what is the purpose of a photo library? The purpose of a photo library is to keep all of your photos and videos in one safe location. Worldwide web: what is the worldwide web? An information system on the Internet which allows documents to be connected to other documents by hypertext links, enabling the user to search for information by moving from one document to another. what is the purpose of the worldwide web? The main purpose of a web browser is to locate, retrieve and display information from the World Wide Web. The browser retrieves code, typically written in HTML, PHP, JavaScript or other web programming languages, from the server, then interprets the code and renders it as a graphic web page for viewing. what is an internet forum? An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat rooms in that messages are often longer than one line of text, and are at least temporarily archived. what is the purpose of an internet forum? It is made as an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages.They differ from chat rooms in that messages are often longer than one line of text, and are at least temporarily archived. Also, depending on the access level of a user or the forum set-up, a posted message might need to be approved by a moderator before it becomes visible. what are CD- Rom databases?