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Posts from the Communications Subject Specialists at Ohio University Libraries for the Faculty, Staff & Students of the E.W. Scripps College of Communication

Archive for October, 2005

How do I find Newspaper Circulation Statistics and Rankings?

Friday, October 28th, 2005

BurrellesLuce provides a list of the Top 100 Daily Newspapers in the U.S. by circulation at their website.
A list of the top 100 daily newspapers & top 100 Sunday newspapers in the U.S. is located in the front of Vol. 1 of each year’s Editor & publisher International Year Book, located at the 2nd fl [...]

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) is a database useful for finding information about a country’s political and economic conditions as well as telecommunication infrastructure.
Other resources where county-specific telcommunication information may be found:
Faulkner’s (FAITS)
CountryWatch
Mergent Online (see comment below)

Calling All Writers!

Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

Feeding the Literary Caterpillar…
And Other Memories of Books, Libraries, and Reading
Do you have a special library memory from years ago? Maybe it was your first encounter with a library as a child, or something about libraries that inspired your career choice or a lifelong love of reading.
Share your memories and stories about reading, learning, and [...]

On the Media

Monday, October 10th, 2005

A great resource for keeping up with current issues in the field is a radio program called On the Media. It airs on WOUB-FM on Saturday afternoons, or you can listen to previous broadcasts via the On the Media website.