- Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
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Ulrich "Ulrich's Periodicals Directory is the standard library directory and database providing information about popular and academic
magazine s,scientific journal s,newspaper s 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 ispeer-review ed, which is taken to includeprofessional magazine s with equivalent editorial control of quality.Earlier published by
R.R. Bowker , it moved to CSA, a fellow subsidiary ofCambridge 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 andProQuest , Ulrich's moved to ProQuest subsidiarySerials 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)
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