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Texas Newspaper:Dallas Morning News, AUSTIN St, Fort Worth Star Telegram, Victoria Advocate, Austin American – Statesman TX
Today’s ObjectivesToday’s Objectives
Overview of options
Why are periodicals important
Titles and examples
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Infotrac Student has almost 700 full text periodicals and some reference content (Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine and Science)
Student Resource Center includes both Reference and Periodical content
Cross curricular content – covers history, literature, geography, science, health, biography and current events.
InfoTrac Student and Student Resource InfoTrac Student and Student Resource CenterCenter
Competitive OverviewCompetitive Overview
Product Total Titles Active Titles Full Text Active Full Text
InfoTrac Student 673 513 588 425
Student Resource Center Gold 1132 913 1132 828
Student Resource Center Silver 856 679 856 630
Student Resource Center Bronze 664 523 664 488
Student Resource Center Junior 335 273 335 258
Mas Ultra -- School Edition 588 404 506 349
Why Are Periodicals Important?Why Are Periodicals Important?
Periodicals provide the most current fact checked editorially reviewed information
Periodicals bridge the gap between the reference book and the internet
Best of both worlds
Fact checked reliability of a reference book
Contemporary relevance of blogs and other internet sources which are inherently unreliable
They supplement the encyclopedia content
I.e. A biography on Anna Nicole Smith written in 2006 in a reference book will give accurate biographical information; however, will show her as still being alive. The periodical content brings the information up to date.
Full Text – the key to our competitive Full Text – the key to our competitive edgeedge
Terms to know
Active Full Text: We currently provide the articles from the periodical in full text through the current date
Full Text: We currently provide full text of the article up to a specified end date. (I.e. The Backfile)
Embargo: We can only publish full text of the magazine after a date specified by the publisher.
What’s in it for your territoryWhat’s in it for your territory
Local Newspaper CoverageLocal Newspaper Coverage
Active Full Text Texas Newspapers:Active Full Text Texas Newspapers:
Austin Statesman (Austin TX) SRCAustin Statesman (Austin TX) SRC
Dallas Morning News (Dallas TX) SRCDallas Morning News (Dallas TX) SRC
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth TX) Full text in SRC for 2000Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth TX) Full text in SRC for 2000
Victoria Advocate (Victoria TX) IT Student and SRCVictoria Advocate (Victoria TX) IT Student and SRC
Active Full text Florida Newspapers:Active Full text Florida Newspapers:
Miami Herald (Miami FL) IT Student and SRCMiami Herald (Miami FL) IT Student and SRC
Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach FL) SRCNorthwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach FL) SRC
Orlando Sentinal (Orlando FL) IT Student and SRCOrlando Sentinal (Orlando FL) IT Student and SRC
South Florida Sun – Sentinal (Fort Lauderdale FL) IT Student and SRCSouth Florida Sun – Sentinal (Fort Lauderdale FL) IT Student and SRC
Tallahasee Democrat (Tallahassee FL) IT Student and SRCTallahasee Democrat (Tallahassee FL) IT Student and SRC
What content?What content?
The magazinesThe magazines
Combine with Reference BooksCombine with Reference Books
Build Your OwnBuild Your Own
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