How do libraries use Ulrichsweb.com?
Librarians, faculty, students and patrons in subscribing libraries use Ulrichsweb.com for many purposes. Ulrichsweb.com is used by librarians who work in all facets of librarianship including collection development, selection, acquisitions, reference, research and electronic resource management. Library patrons rely on Ulrichsweb.com to make serials search and discovery easy and effective, and Ulrichsweb.com brings them in-depth information on serials in more than 900 subject areas. Researchers in all disciplines rely on Ulrichsweb.com to help them identify periodicals in which to publish or which support their research interests, and they can easily determine whether journals and other serials they identify are held by their own library, are available via Open Access, or are serviced by document suppliers. Ulrichsweb.com is often a key component in an academic library’s bibliographic instruction programs because it can be used to identify peer-reviewed journals and other academic and