Library Word of the Week

This week, in honor of Banned Book Week, the library word of the week is an actual library term.

Scholarly

This term is often applied to academic journal articles; however, it can also be applied to any items (Books, audiovisual materials, etc.)

A scholarly item may be characterized by the following:

• Authors with credentials or extensive backgrounds in the subject field.
• Produced for an audience knowledgeable in the subject area
• Written with terminology and technical jargon associated with the field.
• Journals that focus only on a particular subject
• Usually have extensive references and citations May be peer-reviewed.

(from http://libguides.reynolds.edu/content.php?pid=140257&sid=1197785) 

Scholarly is often used in reference to the Gale Databases. Some of you know that the databases are information that has either been written by an expert and/or has been reviewed by more than one person and can be assumed to be correct. This is unlike Wikipedia, which anyone can create an account and edit entries (here are ten known Wikipedia errors!). 

What word do you think would be a good word to feature on the next Library Word of the Week?