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ENVS 243: Energy

Trade Magazines

Trade magazines are publications directed at individuals and companies in specific industries. Most areas of business and commerce have their own sets of trade magazines. The articles are news-like in nature, often with some opinion or discernible bias. Often you will find articles that discuss public policy, legal and governmental affairs, and regulation as it applies to a specific industry or business sector.

Some examples (via EbscoHost) of trade magazines for energy-related topics:

The Construction Centre focuses on green building techniques and materials.

Newspapers

The Library provides access to the following news databases.

 

America's News is a collection of newspapers from the U.S. 

 

Nexis Uni is good for national and international news as well as legal and business and trade news

The Library also has subscriptions to The New York Times (current file) (click here to learn about getting an account to The New York Times). For international coverage, use The Times Digital Archive (London) covering 1785-2010.

 

For news from the Galesburg area try:

  • Galesburg Register-Mail is online from 1997-present; older issues are available on microfilm at the Galesburg Public Library; the public library has a print index to the paper.
  • The Zephyr, also on microfilm (1989-2010) with recent issues in print available in Seymour Library

Online News Sites

Some sites or online magazines focusing on environment and/or current science issues include: