Trade journals such as Beverage World , Dealer-Scope Merchandising , Automotive News , and Progressive Grocer . These magazines are industry specific, designed to update and inform the reader on current trends in a particular industry. A Source to Check There are reference books which attempt to describe and evaluate periodical titles. Magazines for Libraries . Each entry gives name of periodical, beginning publication date, publisher, editor, address, price and such information as indexing, size and level of audience.
Short abstracts describe the scope, political slant and other aspects of the publication.
Arrangement is topical, which brings magazines and journals on like subjects together. To find an individual title use the title index at the end of the volume.