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CBA 212 Business Communications

Trade Associations @ Organizations

Trade Associations collect data from their members and frequently have legal and regulatory information that affects the membership.  Some of the data is restricted to the members, but the websites usually have a great deal of open information.  Find the appropriate association by looking at the "Additional Resources" on the introduction page of your IBISWorld industry profile.  You may also try searching Google using your industry and the word association.

Look to the top of this box, to see how to search for trade publications within two library databases, Business Source Premier and ABI Inform.

Finding Trade Publications in Business Source Premier

Conduct a search in Business Source Premier,

On the search results page, click the Source Type Button, then limit to Trade publications

Source Types Business Source Premier

 

Finding Trade Publications in ABI/Inform
To find Trade Publications in ABI Inform, conduct a search. On the results page, look to the left-hand side, look for Source Type, if Trade Journals is not listed, click More.

screenshoot of ABI inform search results. A red box is around the Source Type and an arrow points to More

 

Screenshot of the ABI/INFORM Source Type page displayed after clicking 'More' under Source Type in the search results. 'Trade Publications' is highlighted, indicating its selection as a filter option."