Trade and Professional publications are the journals and magazines written for people who work in an industry or profession.
They are a great resource to learn about current trends, research, and practices in your field; opinion on how current governmental policies impact your field; professional development, and more.
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Use the library databases ProQuest and Academic Search Complete to search for articles within trade publications.
Searching for Trade journals in the library's databases is easy! It just requires a little check box to be selected. As shown in the image below, you will see a list of source types when you use the advanced search option in most databases. You can choose to first enter a keyword and carry out the search, then limit by Source Type, choosing "Trade Journals" on the left. Or, on the initial advanced search page, you can begin your search by first limiting to "Trade Journals"
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Here is a search of the image above, in the context of the larger page.
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Below are a few subject-specific databases you can use to search for trade publications
