Special Issues List if Lists
Examples of special issues include: industry outlooks, overviews, or surveys; statistical issues; company ranking lists; buyers guides; salary surveys; product/industry focus issues; membership directories; who’s who registers; tradeshow specials; etc. Many special issues are available on the Internet and are designed to be interactive/searchable and provide greater content than the printed versions. An excellent example of this is available at Fortune’s website for the Fortune 500.

Whenever possible, Specialissues.com tracks the special issue, how long has the special issue has been produced and content of the issue. Additionally, the magazine’s website is assessed for “invisible web” content. Examples of this include: archives, award links, buyers guides, calendars of trade fairs and events, industry website link lists, statistical information, interactive databases, glossaries, encyclopedias, dictionaries, acronym lists, etc.