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Finding Magazines and Info about Them

SRDS Media Planning Platform This link opens in a new window
SRDS is primarily a resource for finding places to advertise, but it can also be used to identify media outlets by geography, along with information about them. You can also get demographic information about the DMA (Designated Market Area) or media market from which the publication operates by clicking "Market Maps & Data" in the upper tool bar.
Remote users must use the GlobalProtect VPN for access. VPN information for remote users. SRDS provides a number of different advertising sources covering: television, radio, newspapers,and consumer and business publications.
AAM Media Intelligence Center This link opens in a new window
The Alliance for Audited Media's Media IntelligenceCenter provides independently verified print and digital media data that can be used to perform competitive analyses and for media buys. Includes distribution data for nearly 2,700 of the top publishers in North America, along with their media kits in many cases.
The Alliance for Audited Media's Media IntelligenceCenter is a trusted source for cross-media data and analytics, providing independently verified print and digital media data that can be used to perform competitive analyses and for media buys. Includes distribution data for nearly 2,700 of the top publishers in North America.

You can use our eJournal Search feature to look up our online access to magazines and journals.

PressReader [full page reproduction] This link opens in a new window
If you are interested in looking up magazines from around the world to see their layouts in page reproduction, PressReader can provide that for thousands of magazines and newspapers from around the world.
PressReader provides a global perspective on the World's events and news and is the most convenient and complete way to read all your favorite newspapers on one site. Users will gain access to newspapers from within the library, from home and around the world on the day they are published. Researchers will find convenient searching, a traditional 2-page newspaper view, table of contents, article jumps (linking article sections) and easy to read text views. PressDisplay can also provide translations into ten major foreign languages.