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Key Resources
These resources provide financial information, products & services, competitors, etc. They also provide access to trade journals, reports, news, and articles about individual businesses.
- Statista This link opens in a new windowStatista provides direct access to quantitative data on a wide variety of areas of interest or markets. Statistics, industry reports, company dossiers, and forecasts are some of the content available for download in multiple formats. It also offers graphical tools that allow users to manipulate data and create infographics for use in presentations and publications.
- One Business (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowCombines multiple business databases providing access to scholarly journals, eBooks, trade publications, tax law resources, dissertations and conference proceedings, and videos. Company, industry, and country overviews and reports. Information sources in multiple business-related subjects including: business trends, marketing, economic conditions, accounting and finance.
- ProQuest This link opens in a new windowProvides combined access to all ProQuest databases, covering multiple subject areas. Includes full text and content from articles, proceedings, newspapers, dissertations, and audio-visual sources.
- IBISWorld This link opens in a new windowIndustry research reports on numerous US industries that offer key statistics and analysis on market characteristics, operating conditions, current and forecast performance, major industry participants, and more. A smaller collection of global industry reports offer similar content, but focuses on industry performance in key regions like Europe, the Middle East, Africa and others.
- Journal of business researchAvailable in the library and online.
Trade Publications
What are trade publications?
Like scholarly journals that you may have used in other courses, trade publications or journals are
published regularly (weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly) and have to do with a specific topic or
field. However, instead of in-depth technical research, trade publications often contain important
news that is relevant to the field, summaries of new research (rather than the research itself),
trends and predictions for the field, and advertisements for products or services that people in
that field might be interested in. Some are broad (e.g. Engineering News Record) and some are
incredibly targeted (e.g. Bicycle retailer and industry news).
Who reads trade publications and why?
Generally, trade publications are geared very specifically towards professionals currently and
actively working in a field. They’re a quick and easy way to keep your finger on what’s important,
begin to understand the broad context of research in a field, and just get an idea of what’s
important right now. Often, professionals will pick out individual ideas or articles that they
gained a basic understanding of in a trade publication and explore those in-depth using a more
scholarly resource.
Trade Publications By Discipline
Biomedical Engineering
IEEE engineering in medicine and biology magazine: this quarterly publication focuses on current technology in the biomedical engineering field.
- Online available 1983-2010
IEEE pulse: focuses on current technology, news, and societal implications within the field.
- Online available 2011-present
Biotech business week: a summary of research, financial, and other news pertaining to the field from the past week.
- Online available 2003–present
Biotech week: a weekly summary of biomedical research and findings
- Online available 1998-present
Civil Engineering
Engineering News Record: news from the engineering field with a heavy focus on infrastructure & building.
- In-print availability 1987-present (some gaps)
New civil engineer: civil engineering news published in England (so not all of the articles about government are relevant), but good info about the industry overall.
- In print availability is sporadic from 1985-2014
- Online available 2010-present
Civil engineering news: News, trends, and analysis pertaining to structural and civil engineering. To view the publication, visit the “Magazine” tab on the website.
- Online available 2004-present
Chemical Engineering
Chemical and engineering news: “news edition” of the American Chemical Society: news, research, and analysis of the field produced by the American Chemical Society.
- In-print available 1942-2004
- Online available 1998-present
Chemical week: information and news dealing with chemical markets and industries
- In-print available 1951-2012 (with some gaps)
- Online available 1987-2012
The chemical engineer: news and resources published by the Institution of Chemical Engineers.
- In-print available 1970-2013
- Online available 2001-present (note: select IP Login for access. Be sure you are either on-campus, or have logged in for remote access to library resources so that the site recognizes you!)
Computer Engineering
ACM queue: tomorrow’s computing today: covers a wide range of computing topics and is produced by the Association for Computing Machinery.
- Online available 2003-present
Computer: this publication bills itself as being a resource that falls in-between a research journal and a trade publication. There are a number of articles characteristic of trade publications, as well as a few original research articles in each volume.
- In-print available 1971-2003
- Online available 1970-present
Electrical Engineering
IEEE spectrum: covers trends in engineering, science & technology, with a focus on electrical engineering. Has lots of cross-disciplinary information that would be of interest to other types of engineers!
- In-print available 1966-2003
- Online available 1964-present
IEEE power engineering review: covers power and energy industry news.
- Online available 1981-2002
IEEE power & energy magazine: news and research relevant to power and energy.
- Online available 2003-present
Mechanical Engineering
Machine Design: research, industry, business, news and manufacturing information relevant to the mechanical engineer.
- In-print available 1929-2012
- Online available 1984-2014
Professional engineering: covers a wide range of engineering topics with a heavy focus on mechanical.
- In print available 1994-2014
Air conditioning, heating, & refrigeration news: a trade journal dealing with a fairly specific subset of mechanical engineering.
- Online available 1989-present
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
ASBMB today: an online publication produced by the American Society for Biochemistry and molecular Biology.
- Online available 2002-present
Microbiology today: each issue is geared towards a given theme or topic relevant to current microbiology news. Produced by the Society for General Microbiology.
- Online available 2009-present
Geological Engineering
Mining Engineering: publication of general mining news and research by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Explorations.
- In print available 1949-2009
- Online available 1996-present
Industrial Minerals: trade publication with a specific focus on minerals and mining.
- Online available 2009-present
General Sciences & Arts
Below are a few trade publications that deal with a range of fields that fall under the heading “General Sciences & Arts” that may be of interest. However, if none of fit what you’re looking for, contact the library for assistance at reflib@mtu.edu.
Franchising world: covers all aspects and news that would be relevant to a small business or franchise owner.
- Online available 1992-present
Book business: articles, ideas, and news relevant to writers and publishers.
- Online available
BioScience: publishes news and research reviews as well as occasional peer-reviewed research articles on key life science and ecology topics.
- In print available 1964-2003
- Online available 1964-2013
Veterinary Economics: information on how to run a veterinary practice as well as relevant business news.
- Online available 2002-present