Trade journals are magazines written for practitioners in an industry. They provide ongoing, in-depth coverage of news and trends and offer analysis from industry insiders.
They often include special issues with industry reviews, forecasts and statistical data.
In addition to searching the databases (listed on the right), it can be useful to look at trade journal websites. Search the industry and the term "magazine" to find trade journals. Below are examples of trade journal sites and the information contained in them.
Below are databases that contain articles from hundreds of trade magazines. In all cases, one can limit results to trade journal articles only, but the risk is missing industry-related articles from other sources (e.g. business magazines, transcripts, newspaper articles, etc.).
