Hot Off the Presses, and Into Our Library

Industry trade journals! The mother's milk of staying current with trends and statistics and competitors, and a true strength of the Hill Library's business collection. We subscribe to over 700 of these publications in print, and because of how frequently they are published, and how tightly they can focus on a specific industry or niche or segment, we're always keeping an eye out for more intriguing titles that can help entrepreneurs find the information they need.

Every once in a while, we like to update our blog-reading public on the titles we've recently acquired, and I'd like to take the opportunity to do that again now. Here are the names of some trade magazines we've added to our august collection in the first quarter of 2008:

While most trade journals maintain some presence on the Internet, rarely do they make the full text of all articles from past issues available online for free, or make them easily searchable. So sometimes the print versions of these publications can be the only way to track down that article or study or survey that will help your business succeed. If you're in the Saint Paul area, come by and pay us a visit to see these journals; otherwise, check with a library in your area to see about accessing some of these titles.

As an added bonus, to make your searching even easier: references to any outstanding articles published in the above journals --- state-of-the-industry reports, top companies lists, forecasts, buyer's guides, salary surveys, etc. --- will now be included in the Hill Library Special Issues Index.

And by-the-by: in addition to the trade journals we've added in the last three months, we've also behaved the way a library sometimes behaves and, you know, bought some new books. Stay tuned for an update on our new book acquisitions soon.