Trade Periodicals
There is no hard-and-fast definition for what are often called "trade magazines" or "trade journals", but they share some key characteristics:
- They are published for the people who work in a particular trade, profession or industry.
- Although the content is specialized and even technical in nature, the format is usually glossy and full of pictures.
- There is high advertising content, and the advertisements tend to be "industry to industry" ads (e.g., for ads specialized equipment used in the industry).
- Articles tend to deal with issues of concern to the trade profession or industry, new developments, emerging trends, and so on.
Click on the subject links in the left navigation bar for a select list of "trade" periodicals for that subject.
The subject links display a selection of current periodicals in the RRC Library that seem to qualify as trade periodicals.
Click on the Periodicals by Subject link in the left navigation bar for complete lists of periodicals by subject.
