Trade press also fall in between magazines and journals, but their focus includes more product and business information. Magazines are commercial publications intended for a general, popular audience for the purpose of informing and entertaining. People, Cosmopolitan and Men's Health are examples. Another distinction made about research materials is between primary and secondary sources. Primary sources are eye witness accounts, laboratory data, interviews, original manuscripts, or original research, published in either paper or other formats that may include microform and electronic reproduction.
Examples are dissertations, scholarly articles, and speeches.
Secondary sources are works that interpret primary sources, and includes reviews, criticism, editorials, and analysis. All trade press articles are secondary sources which provide analysis, interpretation, or evaluation by the writer. Back button to return to the previous page. If you have comments or questions, see Contacts . All Rights Reserved.