Serial publications (Genre/Form Term)

RDA glossary, viewed July 30, 2014 (Serial: A resource issued in successive parts, usually having numbering, that has no predetermined conclusion (e.g., a periodical, a monographic series, a newspaper). Includes resources that exhibit characteristics of serials, such as successive issues, numbering, and frequency, but whose duration is limited (e.g., newsletters of events) and reproductions of serials.)

LCSH (Serial publications. UF Publications, Serial; Serials (Publications). BT Continuing resources (Publications))

Görlach, M. An alphabetical list of English text types, in Text types and the history of English, c2004: p. 75 (serial 1 serial or periodical publication, 1b radio or TV programme broadcast in episodes)

Resources issued in successive parts, generally with no predetermined conclusion, usually bearing numerical and/or chronological designations.