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Management & Leadership at Webster University Library

examples of journals, trade publications and magazines and scholarly versus popular

Types of periodicals / articles

Scholarly/academic journals, e.g. Academy of Management Review, may be peer-reviewed and publish experimental or theoretical research in a discipline.

Trade publications, like Government Procurement and Accounting Today, inform or educate professionals in an industry or management function.

Popular magazines, like Time, Bloomberg Businessweek, Harvard Business Review, and newspapers like The Wall Street Journal, inform or entertain the general public.

If in doubt, ask your professor what kinds of periodicals they prefer that you to use for the assignment.

Business Source Complete - how to search (2-page tip sheet)

In most databases, either "management" or "leadership" will are very broad terms that will net thousands of results.  Therefore, you may need to think in terms of specific theories of leadership or additional terms to narrow your focus. 

Additional article databases

These databases may provide a different focus for your search. You might use them in addition to one of the comprehensive databases listed above, or if you have a multidisciplinary topic.

Search the Journals and Magazines A-Z list to discover if the periodical you seek is one of more than 80,000 titles available full-text online or in print from the library.