New Electronic Resources: June 2007 Archives

The Library is pleased to announce the addition of Standard Rate & Data Service (SRDS) to its suite of electronic databases.

Considered the Bible of directories when it comes to finding publications by category, SRDS is the largest and most comprehensive database of media and marketing information.

Cataloging media properties and marketing lists, SRDS provides media rates and data for more than 100,000 U.S. and international media properties, including both traditional and alternative marketing media. Advertising rates, contact personnel information, as well as circulation figures for Radio, TV and Cable, Business Publications, Consumer Magazines, and Newspapers are included. Demographic information is also provided.

In terms of functionality, SRDS allows users to search, create contact reports, and obtain additional information with direct links to media kits.

SRDS is updated frequently. In fact, each listing is verified up to 20 times per year, and more than 21,000 listing updates are made every month.

--Kristina De Voe

The library's access to Social Work Abstracts has changed over to a new interface through EBSCO. What does this mean for the user?

1) The interface is easier to use and familiar to most users already through Academic Search Premier or the numerous other databases we access through EBSCO.

2) With the EBSCO interface comes links to hundreds of full-text journals directly from citations in the database.

3) Users can set up search alerts for new issues of journals or ongoing searches. This means that you can get automatic announcements (email or rss) when a new issue of a journal is available in the database or when articles are specific topics (or by specific authors) are added to the database. (See EBSCO's support page on setting up search alerts.)

Questions? Comments? Feel free to contact me.

Derik A Badman