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Communications

A collection of resources for students in the School of Communications.

What are Trade Journals?

Searching Tips

Several databases have filters for identifying articles from trade publications. Remember to use the left margin to limit to "Trade Publications" or "Trade Journals" when conducting a search.  

 

Example of how to filter to Trade Publications in the databases.  

 

 

Example of how to filter to Trade Publications in Library OneSearch.  

Examples of Trade Publications

  • Broadcasting & Cable - Multichannel News
  • Columbia Journalism Review 
  • American Journalism Review
  • Billboard
  • Variety
  • Public Relations Strategies and Tactics
  • Publisher's Weekly

Example of a Trade Publication Article

The Big Shake-Up
Published in Variety and found in the MasterFILE Premier database. 

MLA Citation:

Steinberg, Brian. “The Big Shake-Up.” Variety, vol. 365, no. 13, Oct. 2024, p. 41. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?

direct=true&AuthType=ip,sso&db=f5h&AN=180057326&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

 

Note: Trade articles are cited just like magazine articles.