Dec. 821Jan. 83 RAIN Page 18 ACCESS: Periodical Reviews Erery week brings us new sample periodialls. Someone else has added us to their mailing list. Sometimes there is a note tucked away, 'Want to exchange?", or "For review?'; and we don't find the note until weeks later. Sometimes we wonder why there are so many. Ulrich's directory of 60,000 periodialls probably just scratches thp surface. In this country, a more accurate count might be had by compiling the work orders of all the fast print outlets. Beyond the world ofmass media periodialls - as supplied in uniform manner to almost every minute-mart in the country - there are scores of periodialls which you will seldom find on a magazine rack. Many are available only by subscription and some use the traditional alternative distribution system, the laundromat or co-op winduw ledge. In this first periodical review section we have compiled aguide to the periodiall world itself. In future issues we will cOlltinue to review new noteworthy publications as well as describe the patterns we notice of types of periodialls. In the next issue we will be describing what we alII bio-regiollal publications. Ally suggestions? -Editors REFERENCE GUIDES Ulrich's InlenulliolUliPeriodicals Directory RR Bowker Company PO Box 1807 Ann Arbor, MI 48106 1981, $69.50, 2212pp. Over 60,000 periodicals are described in this well-established directory. Other companion pieces include Irregular Serials and Al1l1uals (1982, $62.50, 1542 pages) and updates through Ulrich's Quarterly periodical. New Pages Guide to Alternative Periodicals Casey Hill New Pages 4426 S Belsay Road Grand Blanc, MI 48439 $2.50, 1981,58pp. This is a directory to a selection of periodicals ranging from spiritual transformation, women's rights, alternative energy and social justice. Over 100 are described and surprisingly many are still with us. New Pages, publishers of the directory also publish New Pages, a bimonthly journal that reviews books and periodicals. Alternative Press Syndicate Membership Directory Alternative Press Syndicate Box 1347, Ansonia Station New York, NY 10023 212/974-1990 $2.00, 1982,23pp. Profile of about 200 member newspapers, with 20 million in circulation. Each profile includes ad rates, circulation, when founded, styleandeditoriaicontent. InternoJiolUli Directory 0/ LUtle Magazines and SI1UIll Presses Len Fulton Dustbooks PO Box 1056 Paradise, CA 95969 $15,198O,48Opp. This is the basic guide for locating small presses and publishers with a literary bent. Whole Again Resource Guide Tim Ryan, Rae Jappinen Sourcenet PO Box 6767 Santa Barbara, CA 93111 This publication (soon to be published) promises to be a companion piece to Stamps & Lipnack's Networking: First Report and Directory. There is some duplication between the two. The primary distinction is that the Sourcenet directory focuses on publications. There are dozens (upon dozens) of periodicals described. In carefully looking through the alternative energy selections we've found several periodicals that have stopped publishing, but it is difficult to peg that world in a directory and Sourcenet's -u"...• ,A(,...c-. ~. ~..-, '"7~ From: Tile WilDie Again Resource Guide
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