Textbook

A textbook is a reference book that can be used in a course by a student.

• AKA: Published Textbook, Coursebook.
• Example(s):
  • Data Mining Textbook, such as (Han & Kamber, 2006).
  • ...
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Survey Paper.
• See: Comprehensive Book, Education, Syllabus.

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References

2015

• (Wang et al., 2015) ⇒ Shuting Wang, Chen Liang, Zhaohui Wu, Kyle Williams, Bart Pursel, Benjamin Brautigam, Sherwyn Saul, Hannah Williams, Kyle Bowen, and C. Lee Giles. (2015). “Concept Hierarchy Extraction from Textbooks.” In: Proceedings of the 2015 ACM Symposium on Document Engineering. ISBN:978-1-4503-3307-8 doi:10.1145/2682571.2797062

2011

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textbook
  • A textbook or coursebook (UK English) is a manual of instruction in any branch of study. Textbooks are produced according to the demands of educational institutions. Although most textbooks are only published in printed format, many are now available as online electronic books and increasingly in scanned format in P2P networks.

2007

• (Hjørland, 2007) ⇒ Birger Hjørland. (2007). “Core Concepts in Library and Information Science (LIS)."
  • http://www.db.dk/bh/Core%20Concepts%20in%20LIS/articles%20a-z/textbook.htm
  • A textbook is a kind of document, which provides a systematic introduction to the fundamental principles or content of a subject intended for teaching a given target group.

1998

• (Brooke, 1998) ⇒ J. H. Brooke. (1998). “Textbooks and the History of Science.” In: Paradigm, No. 25. http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/faculty/westbury/paradigm/brooke.html

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