Periodicals include magazines, journals and daily newspapers. You may prefer a particular type of periodical, depending on your assignment. Magazines are generally popular news publications, such as Time and Sports Illustrated, and journals are scholarly research publications intended for an academic audience, the Harvard Business Review for example.
Trade journals report on events and trends in a business or occupation.
Examples include Beverage World and Progressive Grocer. Specialized databases and indexes are available within the library for every subject taught at the University. Feel free to ask a reference librarian for assistance in choosing the database or index appropriate for your research question. Databases are available at computer workstations located in front of the Reference desk, and printed indexes and abstracts are shelved by call number just to the west of the Reference desk. Bibliographic Databases offer all the information needed to prepare a bibliography.