Periodicals
Element V: Tools for Living
Magazines and periodicals are bound, paper-covered publications
issued regularly--usually weekly, fortnightly, monthly, or
quarterly--to inform, instruct, or entertain. The word magazine
derived from the French magasin, "storehouse," and evidently was
first used (1731) by the Gentleman's Magazine of London.
Although magazines cater to a host of diverse interests, most fall into one of four broad categories: consumer or general, for segments of the general public; trade and technical, with specialized information for readers in business, industry, finance, government, and the scholarly disciplines; farm, for agricultural interests; and little magazines, usually low-circulation, noncommercial literary journals.
Throughout the 20th century magazines have been the source of a
huge diversity of subject and opinion, as growing audiences have sought to find their interests reflected in one or another publication. Although special-interest periodicals have existed throughout the century, since the 1960s the number of magazines devoted to extremely narrow areas of interest has grown enormously. Trade and technical publications have also experienced a refinement of editorial focus, as the growth in scientific knowledge has created subdivisions in many technical and commercial areas making periodicals a very refined tool.
Keep a list of your most important periodicals here in the Tool Box for easy quick reference whenever you need it.
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