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File Description [top]

The Gale Database of Publications and Broadcast Media is a comprehensive file containing detailed records on over 86,000 newspapers, magazines, journals, periodicals, directories, and radio, television and cable stations and systems. The Database is compiled from the following print publications of Gale Research Inc.:

* Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media (GDPBM): covers over 58,500 newspapers, magazines, journals, and periodicals, radio, television, and cable stations and systems in the U.S. and Canada.

* Directories In Print (DIP): covers more than 15,500 U.S. national and international directories of all kinds on all subjects.

* Newsletters In Print (NIP): Discontinued as of 2005. Coverage includes data on over 12,000 subscription, membership, and free newsletters, bulletins, digests, and similar serial publications in the U.S. and Canada.

The database provides the name or title; owner or publisher; address; phone, fax, telex, and other numbers; names of editors and other contacts; a description including circulation size, price, frequency of distribution, advertising rates, subject coverage, availability in alternative formats, dimensions, printing methods, and much more.

Information is gathered by annual questionnaire mailings and telephone calls to publishers and broadcasters.

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Subject Coverage [top]

• Publications and broadcast stations in every subject category are covered in the Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media. Broadcast media stations are categorized into radio, television, or cable.
• Directories listed in Directories In Print are grouped into 27 different categories, ranging from general business to hobbies and leisure activities.
• Newsletters listed in Newsletters In Print are grouped into 32 categories ranging from advertising and marketing to social sciences.

Print Counterparts [top]

• Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media
• Directories In Print
• Newsletters In Print

Dialog File Data [top]

Database Content [top]

• Directories

Document Types Indexed [top]

• Audiovisual Media
• Directories

Geographic Coverage [top]

• International

Geographic Restrictions [top]

• None

Special Features [top]

• ERA Available
• KWIC and HILIGHT Available

Contact [top]

Terms and Conditions [top]

For Dialog's Redistribution and Archive Policy, enter HELP ERA online. The following terms and conditions also apply.

Copyright 2004, Gale Group. All rights reserved. No part of this database may be used except for research purposes, and the DATABASE(S) may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of GALE GROUP. Reproduction for rental of mailing list names is also prohibited. The DATABASE(S) may not be duplicated in hard copy or machine-readable form without the prior written authorization of GALE, except that limited reproduction of output is permitted solely for internal distribution within the user's organization in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and GALE's Terms and Conditions. GALE GROUP MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT WILL GALE GROUP BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF A GALE DATABASE OR ITS USE.

GALE Terms and Conditions for the Dialog redistribution program: A Dialog service customer organization shall be limited to a location and shall not apply to affiliates or contractors. An organization in its capacity as an information broker may make and provide one copy of information obtained from the Dialog service to a single customer, provided the information broker retains the copyright notice on the material, and informs the customer that the intent must not be to create a derivative work. If a single customer requests redistribution within his/her organization, the information broker must report the redistribution directly into the Dialog service so that the proper reporting/pricing will occur. An organization or user may not electronically store (archive) records from a GALE database for more than twelve (12) months. Authorized redistribution and/or archiving requires the intent not to create a derivative work.

SAMPLE RECORD [top]

SAMPLE RECORD from Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media

SAMPLE RECORD from Directories In Print

BASIC INDEX [top]

¹ Also searchable in the Additional Indexes using CO= or PU=.

² Also /DF.

³ Directories In Print records only.

⁴ Newsletters In Print records only.

⁵ Also searchable in the Additional Indexes with JN=. JN= excludes radio, TV, and cable.

ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

⁶ Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media records only.

⁷ May include column depth, columns per page, and column width.

⁸ Also searchable in the Basic Index using /CO.

⁹ Also searchable in the Additional Indexes using PY=.

¹⁰ JN= excludes radio, TV, and cable.

¹¹ May include additional contact information, additional formats, arrangement of indexes, editorial policies, illustrations included, indexing frequency, intended audience, remarks, special conditions, time period coverage.

¹² Also searchable in the Additional Indexes using FY=.

¹³ Use in combination with SO= to avoid duplicate codes between different sources.

¹⁴ Only for DT= Radio or TV

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RANK [top]

USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [top]

Rates [top]

Rates For File: Gale Database of Publications and Broadcast Media[469]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $2.63
Cost per minute:                   $1.50
Rank Elements                      $0.00

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $2.00    $2.00
     3    $2.00    $2.00
     4    $2.00    $2.00
     5    $2.00    $2.00
     6    $0.00    $0.00
     7    $2.00    $2.00
     8    $0.00    $0.00
     9    $2.25    $2.25
    10    $0.00    $0.00
KWIC95    $0.15       NA
KWIC96    $0.17       NA

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00