Some of these links will take you directly to a particular Web site, while others will take you to lists of story source links in that particular category. And remember, once you leave this page for another site, you will have to use your browser's navigation tools to get back here. The following is a somewhat condensed version of what you will also find in our instruction section on the page titled, Finding And Selling Article Ideas. If you want to skip this abbreviated version and jump right to the page itself, just click here. Not only is there a vast store of potential article ideas there, but librarians can help teach you how to find it and also how to better use the computer as a research tool.
University libraries are by far the best.
Some of you will have only small public libraries nearby, but even if you must travel a good distance to reach a college or university library, we suggest that you do so on a regular basis. Libraries, especially those connected with universities, have vast collections of journals and periodicals covering nearly every category and dating back for years. It is here, among magazines, newspapers, journals and other research publications, that you find a veritable gold mind of ideas for articles. Trade and specialty magazines not only represent good markets for writers, they can also be the source of numerous ideas for articles to sell to general consumer publications. Academic and research journals, though more difficult to comprehend, are a great source of ideas as well.