Introduction

Types of Articles

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Language

Illustrations/ Advertisements

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Audience

Peer Reviewed/ Refereed

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Types of Articles: Trade

Trade articles keep professionals up to date on the new trends and ideas in their trades or professions. Trade publications have practical, "how-to" articles on topics for their readers. Although trade articles are written for professionals; they are different from scholarly articles. Scholarly articles report on research, while trade articles give the reader "how-to" or "how-I-did-this" information. Some trade publications, such as Advertising Age are printed in a newspaper format, rather than a magazine format.