Searching for Trade publications

Trade publications contain articles written for professionals in a specific industry.

Use the library databases ProQuest and Academic Search Complete to search for articles within trade publications.

Here's a screenshot with step-by-step instructions (written below) on searching trade publications in ProQuest

1. Type in your keywords in the ProQuest databases search boxes to find articles
2. Select "Full-Text" so you can limit the results to only articles you can read/download/email immediately
3. Notice the ways to limit by source type. Here, we are limiting to Trade Journals and Scholarly Journals.
4. Carry out the search

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Association web sites 

Professional associations are organizations that support members of a certain profession. An association helps members of specific field keep current, develop themselves professionally, and come together to discuss important issues in their profession.

An association's web site is a great place to learn about a potential career. Use Google to find an association web site for your profession. Search with your profession name and association (example: librarian association).