Finding trade journal articles in Business Source Premier
Olivia Olivares James W. Miller Library
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Trade journals and magazines Written by industry insiders for
other insiders. Feature articles with in-depth coverage and
analysis of issues and trends in a particular industry that would
be of interest primarily to persons working in that industry. As
sources of information for business researchers, trade journals are
far better and preferable to general-interest news magazines like
Time or U.S. News, and more likely to contain useful,
industry-specific information than business news magazines like
Business Week or Fortune. The following is a guide to locating
trade journal articles in Business Source Premier. Other business
databases with significant business and trade journal coverage
include ABI/Inform and Lexis-Nexis Academic.
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There are a number of ways to search for trade journal articles
in BSP. All depend on whether youre looking for trade journal
articles about a particular company, an industry, or a
country.
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To search for trade journal articles on a particular company:
click the down arrow in the pulldown menu marked Select a Field,
and choose CO Company Entity.
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For example: if youre looking for trade journal articles about
Dell, the computer manufacturer, you might enter dell in the search
interface, then specify CO Company Entity in the pulldown
menu.
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The search results page lists 6552 results for Dell. Note that
the articles all include Dell Computer Corp. as a subject
heading.
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On the left side of the screen, theres an option to limit the
search results by document type.
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When you click Trade Publications in the Source Types menu, the
rest of the screen will gray out. After that, you can click the
green Update button to limit your search results to articles
published in trade journals.
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The search results are now reduced to 2878 articles, rather
than 6552, and all articles are from journals written for industry
insiders. Titles include Audiotex Update, TWICE: This Week in
Consumer Electronics, and New Media Age.
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Note that the pulldown menu in the initial search interface
also gives you the option of searching by NAICS number. For more on
the NAICS number and where to find it, review the company research
tutorial.
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Questions? Please contact: Olivia Olivares, business research
specialist James W. Miller Library Saint Cloud State University
[email protected] (320) 308-4822