Re: free source for issn->periodical-type data?

From: Tom Pasley <tom.pasley_at_nyob>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:15:02 +1200
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Hi Ken,

Actually, I'm not sure this will answer all of your needs - although it
does cover peer-review:

Metadata fields for an ISSN

A number of metadata fields can be associated with an ISSN number:

   - form: Each ISSN has a production form, indicated by an ONIX production
   form code <http://www.editeur.org/onixserials.html>. Current supported
   values include: JB ( Printed serial ), JC ( Serial distributed
   electronically by carrier ) ,JD ( Electronic serial distributed online ),
   MA ( Microform )
   - oclcnum: Oclcnum
   - peerreview: Peerreview, 'Y' if the ISSN is peer-reviewed, 'N' if the
   ISSN is not peer-reviewed.
   - publisher: Publisher
   - rawcoverage: Human-readable Coverage
   - title: Title
   - issnl: Linking ISSN, as defined
here<http://www.issn.org/2-22637-What-is-an-ISSN-L.php>
   - rssurl: Journal feed URL, data obtained from
ticTOCS<http://www.tictocs.ac.uk/>

T.

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:33 AM, Ken Irwin <kirwin_at_wittenberg.edu> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> Does anyone know of a free data source that correlates ISSNs with data
> that includes "what kind of publication is this?" e.g.
>
> *        Academic journal (+/- peer review?)
>
> *        Popular magazine
>
> *        Newspaper
>
> *        Trade journal
>
> *        Etc
>
> Obviously, there's some wiggle room in these designations, and I don't
> need a super-solid answer.
>
> I've been asked to supply information about our academic journal
> collection, and I don't have a particularly good way of differentiating
> between our e-journals and e-magazines, for instance. Individual suppliers
> might make these distinctions, but I'm really hoping that a query-able (or,
> better: downloadable) file exists.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
> Ken
>
Received on Mon Apr 16 2012 - 17:16:19 EDT