Publishing and Libraries



Finding Publishing Industry Information

  • Business Source Premier
    Search for publishing, then refine your results by clicking on Industry Profiles,Market Research, SWOT analysis, etc.
  • Investext
    Provides complete PDF versions of over 1,000,000 company, industry, and country research reports prepared by analysts at leading investment banks, brokerage houses, and trade associations. Try the drop down selection under industry - look for Printing Publishing or search for your favorite publicly traded company.
  • Standard and Poor's Industry Surveys (SSHL Reference Business HC 106.6 S74)
    Provides overviews of an industry. It includes industry trends, how the industry operates, key industry ratios & statistics, and comparative company analysis.
  • Association of American Publishers, Inc. (AAP)
    News, press releases, industry issues, statistics, and information about copyright, intellectual freedom, book publishing, conferences, publications, and education.
  • Circulation Trends and Magazine Handbook Magazine Publishers of America
    Statistics on growth, advertising, circulation, and distribution.
  • Editor & Publisher International Yearbook
    SSHL Ref. Desk PN 4700 E4 I5
    Tables profile newspaper ad trends, circulation size by population groups, rankings by circulation size and more.
    They also publish a weekly trade publication.
  • Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media
    SSHL Ref Desk Z6951 A97
    Detailed information on over 67,500 newspapers, magazines, journals, periodicals, directories, newsletters, and radio, and television and cable stations. Includes ad rates.
  • Industry Statistics Newspaper Association of America
    Statistics on the newspaper industry; includes advertising, audience, readership and circulation.
  • Literary Market place
    SSHL Ref. Desk PN 161 L5
    Listings for publishers, agents, manufacturers and other businesses associated with publishing.
  • Online Publishers Association
    OPA provides high-quality, original and third-party reports on Internet usage, media consumption, online journalism, politics and advertising.
  • Statistical Abstract of the United States
    SSHL Ref. Desk HA 202 A36
    See tables 1116, 1125, 1127, 1142-1146 for information on books, reading, and libraries.


Finding Information About Libraries


Finding Advertising Information

  • Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media
    SSHL Ref Desk Z6951 A97
    Detailed information on over 67,500 newspapers, magazines, journals, periodicals, directories, newsletters, and radio, and television and cable stations. Includes ad rates.
  • Business Source Premier (try searching with terms like advertising or demographics)
  • Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory
    Search by publication title to discover advertising rates.
  • Ad $ summary
    Old editions in SSH stacks, HF5801 .A14, new editions at SDSU (Ref HF5805 .L4, 1st floor, Library Addition)
    Lists advertising expenditures in magazines, newspapers, radio and television.
  • Television and Cable Factbook. (3 parts).
    SSHL reference TK6540 .T453
    Part 1- Cable; Part 2-Services, Part 3-Stations. Arranged geographically. Provides broadcast range, fees, Nielsen coverage, etc. Also Advertising rates
  • Ad Age Data Center
    Includes a list of the 100 leading national advertisers with comprehensive ad spending estimates, information on newspapers and magazines (circulation, linage and ad revenue rankings), and lists ad agencies.
  • Green Book
    A WHO's WHO for finding suppliers of over 400 types of marketing research services including: advertising, brand, media and product research, analytical services, computer services and programs, interviewing, surveys and technical services. Also try the Blue Book (directory of marketing research firms).
  • Advertising Media Internet Center (AMIC)
    Source for radio (market CPRPs), TV (market CPRPs), and magazine cost (CPMs) data, including some SMRB. Registration is required, but free. Data is a few years old.


Finding Demographic Information

  • Lifestyle Market Analyst
    SSH Reference Business HF 5415.33 U6 L54
    Provides lifestyle profiles, market profiles, consumer segment profiles, and a list of consumer magazines targeted toward each lifestyle profile.
  • Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
    Poll results from opinion polling sources such as Gallup, Harris, Roper; ABC, CBS, CNN and NBC; Los Angeles Times, New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal.
  • CBSA and Media Market Totals and CBSA and Media Market Rankings
    Parts of the 2004 edition of the Survey of Buying Power available through ABI Inform. " it features statistics, rankings, and projections for every county and media market in the United States, with demographics broken out by age, race, city, county, and state; information on retail spending; and projections for future growth in these areas. New to the Survey this year, the rankings are divided into 922 Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs), which are geographic areas set by the Census Bureau, and 210 Media Markets (television or broadcast markets determined by Nielsen Media Research), and all of the data is provided by Claritas Inc.*"