Industries

JOURNAL & NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Maine

• Maine News Index Online
  Indexes 15 Maine magazines and newspapers including the weekly Maine business publication MaineBiz (1998 - present). 



• Maine Newsstand
  Full text coverage of the following Maine newspapers:
  • Bangor Daily News (1992 - present)
  • Kennebec Journal (1993-)
  • Maine Times (1994-2002)
  • Morning Sentinel (1993-)
  • Portland Press Herald (1995 - present)
  • Sun Journal (2006 - present) 


• Maine Newspapers
  List of newspaper websites in Maine.

National/International

• Business & Company Resource Center  
  Provides coverage of over 5,500 national and international business publications.
  
  
• Business Source Premier
  Users can search over 3,300 national and international business publications.
  
  
• LexisNexis Academic
  
  
• Regional Business News
  Coverage of over 225 business newswires, magazines, and newspapers.
  
  
• Wall Street Journal
  Full text coverage from 1984 to the present.  
  

Industry Article Search Tips

• Search by Industry Classification
  The databases Business & Company Resource Center, Business Source Premier, Maine Newsstand, Regional Business News, and the Wall Street Journal all facilitate searches by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and/or the Standard Industrial Classification System (SIC).



• Limit Search to Key Industry Journals
  Searching within a specific industry journal (also called trade journal or trade magazine) often helps improve relevancy of search results.  Sources useful for identifying trade journals include:  
  • Serials Directory
    Information on over 180,000 U.S. and international journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters.
  • Small Business Source Book (Ref Business HD2346.U5S66 2008)  
    Each of the 340 business profiles in volume 1 includes a listing of relevant trade periodicals.  For example, the business profile for a Hair Salon/Barber Shop describe 6 relevant periodical (e.g., Salon Today Magazine).

Revised by Stephen Fadel, 06/22/2008
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