Getting StartedTrade Sources: Characteristics
Here are a few common characteristics of trade sources:
- These are very useful to continue to read once you're working to keep yourself updated on the trends of your field.
- They're sometimes called professional sources.
- They're written for people working in a specific field (as opposed to scholarly sources that are written for researchers).
- They're written by people who are working in a specific field.
- They sometimes cite sources, but not always.
- The content is often "how-to" or other practical information.
Examples of Trade Sources:
- Website (for the medical assisting field): The American Association of Medical Assistants - http://www.aama-ntl.org/
- Journal in print in the libraries (for the paralegal field): National Paralegal Reporter - available in the libraries
- Journal in a database (for the accounting field): Accounting Today - available in Gale Expanded Academic ASAP
- Book (for the health and exercise science field): ACE Personal Trainer Manual: The Ultimate Resource for Fitness Professionals by Cedric X. Bryant and Daniel J. Green - available in some campus libraries
- E-book (for the music business field): Inside the Music Business by Tony Barrow and Julian Newby - available through the libraries
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