文献,是用文字、图形、符号、声频、视频等技术手段记录人类知识的一种载体,或理解为固化在一定物质载体上的知识。也可以理解为古今一切社会史料的总称。现在通常理解为图书、期刊等各种出版物的总和。文献是记录、积累、传播和继承知识的最有效手段,是人类社会活动中获取情报的最基本、最主要的来源,是科学研究的基础,也是交流传播情报的最基本手段。 Literature, is a carrier of human knowledge recorded by means of texts, graphics, symbols, audio, video, or other means of knowledge, or understood as solidified in a certain material carrier knowledge. Can also be understood as a general term for all social historical materials. Now generally understood as the sum of books, journals and other publications. Literature is the most effective means of recording, accumulating, disseminating and inheriting knowledge. It is the most basic and primary source of intelligence in human social activities. It is the basis of scientific research and the most basic means of communication and dissemination of information.