Choosing & Identifying the Best Source Types for Your Research
Learn about all the different source types and when they are appropriate and helpful to you in the research process: encyclopedias, Wikipedia, books, scholarly articles, popular articles and magazines, trade magazines, news, and websites!
Detailed U.S. Industry research reports including industry performance, outlook, major companies, supply chain, demand drivers, cost structure, barriers to entry, and key statistics
If you know the name of a trade publication, find out if Rider has access by searching the publication name by clicking on the Journals button on the library website in the lower right.
If you don't know a specific title, search in these databases listed below.
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.
To find trade publications, search for your product or industry or company name in the basic search box. Under the search box, see the Source Types filter, to the right.
Click on "trade publications".
Not all trade publications that you find in a search will be specific to your industry. You may find an article on soft drinks in the trade publications Marketing or Drug Store News. However, somewhere in the results you should see the publications that are read by the people in your industry today.
Finding Trade Publications in Business Source Premier
On the search results page, click the Source Type Button, then limit to Trade publications
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.
Source Types
Characteristics
Used for
Disadvantages
Trade Journals
·Provide industry-specific news and advertising targeted at those who work in a particular profession or trade.
·Written by staff writers or journalists, often with expertise in field.
·Articles are brief, unless a featured, rarely cited.
·Find information on current news, products, and trends within a specific trade or industry.
·Glean practical information within a field from practitioners within that industry.