Ulrich's Periodicals Directory (, and ) is the standard library directory and

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providing information about popular and academic

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s and other serial publications. The print version has been published since 1932, and was founded by Carolyn F. Ulrich, chief of the periodicals division of the

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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

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*Indication of whether the publication is

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ed, which is taken to include

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s with equivalent editorial control of quality. Earlier published by

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, it moved to

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, a fellow subsidiary of

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, in 2006. Following the merger of CSA and

ProQuest ProQuest LLC is an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based global information-content and technology company, founded in 1938 as University Microfilms by Eugene B. Power. ProQuest is known for its applications and information services for libraries, provid ...

, Ulrich's moved to ProQuest subsidiary

Serials Solutions Serials Solutions was a division of ProQuest that provided e-resource access and management services ( ERAMS) to libraries. These products enabled librarians to more easily manage electronic resources that serve the needs of their users. Serials So ...

. The "Serials Solutions" name was retired in 2014

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