Ulrich's Periodicals Directory

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Ulrich's Periodicals Directory is the standard library directory and database providing information about popular and academic magazines, scientific journals, newspapers and other serial publications. Guide to Reference Sources]

The print version has been published since 1932, and was founded by Carolyn Ulrich, chief of the periodicals division of the New York Public Library, [ [http://www.ulrichsweb.com/ulrichsweb/ulrichsweb_news/ulrichsinsidecu.asp "Remembering Carolyn Ulrich] by Charles D. Patterson, "Reference Services Review", 1988, vol. 16, issue 2. ] as "Periodicals Directory: A Classified Guide to a Selected List of Current Periodicals Foreign and Domestic".

It is now also supplied on-line as Ulrichsweb, which provides web-based and Z39.50 linking to library catalogs. The online version includes over 300,000 active and current periodicals.

Coverage is international, with some emphasis on English-language publications. The information is derived from the publishers and verified by the journal. It includes
*ISSN
*Title and previous titles
*Starting date, place of publication, and publisher
*Cost, availability of electronic versions, subscription terms, and approximate circulation as estimated by the publisher
*Subject information, searchable as subject terms or approximate Dewey Classification, special features, and indexing information
*Indications of whether the publication is available on open access
*Indication of whether the publication is peer-reviewed, which is taken to include professional magazines with equivalent editorial control of quality.

Earlier published by R.R. Bowker, it moved to CSA, a fellow subsidiary of Cambridge Information Group, in 2006. [ [http://www.bowker.com/press/bowker/2006_0101_bowker.htm Important information regarding Ulrich’s family of products] , 1 January 2006, R.R. Bowker.] Following the merger of CSA and ProQuest, Ulrich's moved to ProQuest subsidiary Serials Solutions.

References

External links

* [http://www.ulrichsweb.com Ulrichsweb home page]
* [http://lwww.bowkerlink.com/corrections/common/home.asp Information for periodical publishers]
* [http://www.csa.com Publisher web site] (CSA)