Not a real substitute, but Science Illustrated is good popular
science magazine that’s very visually appealing. It’s more on the
level of Discover than of the two
that have just gone to extortionary pricing, so it’s more appropriate for
high schools and casual reading. It’s $24 for 12 bi-monthly issues, see http://www.scienceillustrated.com/.
Steve Black
Reference, Serials, and Instruction
Librarian
Neil Hellman Library
The
(518) 458-5494
From:
Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009
11:05 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] Alternatives
to Science News and Scientific American
I don’t think I’ve seen this
question in the discussion.
Does anyone know of an equivalent journal?
One that covers several scientific areas and has short articles that still have
some serious material. Our school serves a range of students and Science News
is a good one for those just beginning to attempt college work. But certainly
doesn’t have enough material to justify that price when they also take
advertising.
Meg Mitchell
From:
Sent: Wednesday, September 30,
2009 7:37 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Publisher
price increase!!!!
Hi,
We received a similar notice on this title late las week. Also, we
received a notice this morning stating that our subscription to Science News
had gone up from #39.95 to $195.00.
Lenis
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 7:08 AM, Stephen Clark <sdclar@wm.edu> wrote:
Hello,
We just received a notice from our subscription agent that Scientific American
was raising their print subscription price for 2010 from $41.91 (which includes
the agent's service charge) to $299.00 Has anyone else received this
outrageous increase notice?
We are in the process of contacting the publisher to find out what might be the
cause of this dramatic price rise.
Stephen
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Stephen Clark
Acquisitions Librarian
Earl Gregg Swem Library
fax: 757-221-3645
email: sdclar@wm.edu