Use popular magazines for a general overview of current news and opinions, or firsthand accounts of an event. Trade Journals and Subject Magazines Trade, professional, and subject magazines are devoted to the interests of practitioners within a trade or profession. Trade magazines cover the interests of skilled laborers, technicians, and artisans. Professional magazines cover the interests of professors, librarians, and members of other fields that require advanced degrees. Subject magazines cover a topic of interest to one or more professions.
Practitioners write articles based on professional knowledge about people and news in the field.
Subject magazines are particularly good at reporting research findings published in scholarly journals. The UNM General Library owns more professional and subject magazines than trade magazines. Examples of professional magazines include American Biology Teacher , Scholastic Coach , and Library Journal . Examples of subject magazines include Anthropology Today , Economist , and Scientific American . Use trade magazines for overviews of news and research in a particular field.