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| MarciveWeb DOCS: catalog of government publications published since 1976. Can be searched by title, subject, keyword or technical report number. Includes links to documents available on the WWW. |
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Consumer Health, Criminal Justice, Geology, Law, Marine Science, Military Science, Nursing, Political Science, Public Health |
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Government Information |
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On & Off Campus |
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1976 - current |
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Features comprehensive profiles on over 1.4 million of the most accomplished individuals from all fields of endeavor including: government, business, science and technology, the arts, entertainment, and sports. Search by name, gender, occupation, geography, hobbies and interests, religion and much more.
On Campus Only (no wireless access)
**Access is for one user at a time. Please remember to logoff at the top right of the screen when you are done searching Marquis Who's Who on the Web. Closing your browser does NOT end the session and you will not be able to access the database again for 10 minutes.** |
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General Purpose Databases |
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Biographies |
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On Campus |
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1985 - current |
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The site has a 10-minute automatic Time Out feature included. If you leave your session inactive, after 10 minutes, you will be asked to log in again. If you mistakenly close your internet browser window (before choosing Log Out), you need only wait 10 minutes to be refreshed so you can log back in.
Titles Included in Marquis Who’s Who on the Web |
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| MAS Ultra is specifically designed and aimed at high school libraries. It provides full text articles for almost 600 popular general interest and current events publications, more than 500 full text pamphlets, 268 full text reference books, 82,968 biographies, 90,915 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. |
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K-12 Resources |
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Biographies, Books, Magazines, Maps, Reference Sources |
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On & Off Campus |
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1984 - current |
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Titles indexed |
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| Designed specifically for public libraries, MasterFILE Premier contains full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals |
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General Purpose Databases |
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Audio and Visual |
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On & Off Campus |
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Contains short summaries of fiction (short stories and novels), non-fiction, drama, and poetry. Works come from a wide range of time periods and places. Entries include a discussion of themes and meaning and give a list of sources for further reading. Browse by genre or geographic location.
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Comparative Literature, English Literature, General Purpose Databases, K-12 Resources |
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Reference Sources |
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On & Off Campus |
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| Contains plot digests, critical essays, character descriptions, and author biographies for works of world literature, drama, and poetry. Includes the contents of 22 multivolume Masterplots reference book sets. |
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Comparative Literature, English Literature, Foreign Language & Literatures |
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Reference Sources |
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Thompas Cooper Library Only |
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2000 |
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CD-ROM available on stand-alone computer in Thomas Cooper Library only. Ask at Reference Desk for assistance with CD-ROM 15. |
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| MathSciNet is based on the data in Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications, leading publications that catalog and review research literature in mathematics. |
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Mathematics |
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Journals, Reference Sources |
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On & Off Campus |
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1940 - current |
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MathSciNet provides coverage of Mathematical Reviews from 1940 to the present. Both bibliographic data and review texts are available from 1980-present. Bibliographic data is also available from 1940-1979. Items listed in the annual indexes of Mathematical Reviews but not given an individual review are also included. |
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This database provides consumer magazine audience data, measuring the readership of over 230 magazines in the United States.
To access the Mediamark Reporter database containing product, consumer and media information use the link labeled" Mediamark Reporter."
*Registration is required using your USC email account.* |
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Business, Business-Marketing |
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Industry Information, Reports |
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On & Off Campus |
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2001 - excluding most recent year |
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Users also have access to Mediamark Reporter database which provides summary tables of key audience and product usage data from national probability sample of 27,000 households. One can create customized reports utilizing consumer demographics, product purchasing data and media usage. Also brand level purchasing data is available for many products.
Registration is required. Click on the link to the database and then click on Register for a FREE account. You must register using a USC e-mail account. In your USC e-mail account, you will quickly receive an e-mail message from MRI. Open the message and click on the activation link labeled Validate my Registration to complete the process. If you do not do this, your account will not be created.
Account Expiration: At the end of each calendar year (31 December), MRI will purge all login information from its registration database. At that point, you will need to repeat the registration process for the next calendar year.
Internet Reporter Tutorial
Coverage from 1995-2001 is available on CD-ROM at the Business Library. Ask Business Library staff for assistance. |
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| MEDLINE with Full Text provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. |
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Chemistry & Biochemistry, Consumer Health, Exercise & Sports Science, Medicine, Nursing, Physical Education, Public Health, Science - General |
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Audio and Visual |
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On & Off Campus |
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No additional information provided. |
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| Contains citations, with abstracts, to worldwide biomedical literature including research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and health care services. |
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Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, Science - General |
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Books, Journals, Reports |
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On & Off Campus |
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1966 - current |
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Also available via Medline (EBSCO), Medline (CSA), and PubMed.
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| Provides citations and abstracts to worldwide biomedical literature including research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and health care services. |
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Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, Science - General |
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Books, Journals, Reports |
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On & Off Campus |
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1988 - current |
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Also available via Medline (EBSCO), Medline (Ovid), and PubMed. |
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Combines two related reference works: Mental Measurements Yearbook and Tests in Print.
Mental Measurements Yearbook (coverage is from Volume 9 forward, updated monthly) offers descriptive information and critical reviews of more than 2,000 commercially-available standardized English-language educational, personality, aptitude, neuropsychological, achievement and intelligence tests. Earlier print volumes available in Thomas Cooper Library, Reference Z 5814 .P8 B932.
Tests in Print is a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. Volumes of Tests in Print from 1961 to present are also available in Thomas Cooper Library, Reference Z5814.E9 B8. |
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Counseling, Education, Psychology, Social Work |
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Reference Sources |
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No additional information provided. |
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| A database of over 10,000 significant chemicals, drugs, and biological substances, containing physical property data, safety data, literature references, and structures. The Merck Index also includes Organic Name Reactions, which describes organic chemical reactions which have come to be recognized and referred to by name within the chemistry community. |
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Chemistry & Biochemistry, Medicine, Pharmacy |
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Electronic Books, Reference Sources |
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On & Off Campus |
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Date Varies |
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No additional information provided. |
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This database contains over 500,000 annual reports (1800s - present) covering international and domestic companies.
- Search reports by company name, year, and location
- Fully searchable text in every document
- Continuously updates
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Business, Business-Accounting, Business-Finance, Business-International Business, Business-Management |
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Company Profiles |
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On & Off Campus |
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No additional information provided. |
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| Mergent provides global business and financial information. The database includes current and archival U.S. Company data, international data, full text annual reports, SEC filings and historical stock prices. Also includes executive biographies, competitive landscape data, global industry profiles, and equity research reports. |
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Business, Business-Accounting, Business-Finance, Business-Management, Business-Marketing |
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Company Profiles, Directories, Industry Information, Statistics |
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On & Off Campus |
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Date Varies |
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No additional information provided. |
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| Provides access to 180,000 documents for over 100 countries and industries. Corporate Reports include annual reports, prospectuses, financial statements, annual summaries and more on over 30,000 companies worldwide. The Industry Reports section contains reports that describe the market environment, industry landscape and key market trends for companies, industries, countries and regions. |
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Business, Business-Accounting, Business-Finance, Business-Management, Business-Marketing |
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Company Profiles, Industry Information, Reports |
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On & Off Campus |
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1997 - current |
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No additional information provided. |
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| Searchable; provides pronunciation, word function, and simple etymology. The thesaurus provides word function and hot-linked synonyms. |
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General Purpose Databases |
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Dictionaries & Encyclopedias |
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No additional information provided. |
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In MICROMEDEX 2.0 you’ll find information on drugs including: identification (by imprint code or description), interactions, comparisons, pricing, and IV compatibility. You can also search for the toxicity of drugs, household products, chemicals and other substances.
Click on Care Notes System for easy-to-understand information written for lay people about aspects of patient care, medications, and health.
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Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health |
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Reference Sources |
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On & Off Campus |
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No additional information provided. |
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| Selective list of fiction and non-fiction books recommended for children and young adolescents (grades 5 through 9), along with review sources and other professional aids for librarians and school media specialists. Selected and recommended by collection development specialists in library service to young people, listed books encompass a wide variety of topics for youth. |
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Education, English Literature, General Purpose Databases, K-12 Resources, Library Science |
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Reference Sources |
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| The print Middle English Dictionary, completed in 2001, has been described as he greatest achievement in medieval scholarship in America. Its 15,000 pages offer a comprehensive analysis of lexicon and usage for the period 1100-1500, based on the analysis of a collection of over three million citation slips, the largest collection of this kind available. This electronic version of the MED preserves all the details of the print MED, but goes far beyond this, by converting its contents into an enormous database, searchable in ways impossible within any print dictionary. |
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English Literature, Linguistics |
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Dictionaries & Encyclopedias, Reference Sources |
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1100 - 1500 |
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No additional information provided. |
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contains full text for more than 150 popular middle school magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays.
Additionally, Middle Search Plus contains primary source documents including Essential Documents in American History, reference books including the Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia; New Oxford American Dictionary, 2nd Edition; Encyclopedia of Animals; and thousands of relevant photos, maps and flags. |
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K-12 Resources |
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Audio and Visual |
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On & Off Campus |
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No additional information provided. |
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| Provides current news articles on topics pertaining to all branches of the military and government. Offers full text articles from almost 400 periodicals and over 245 pamphlets. |
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Military Science, Political Science |
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Government Information, Journals, Magazines |
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On & Off Campus |
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Date Varies |
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Titles Indexed |
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| MINABS Online is the electronic version of Mineralogical Abstracts replacing the paper version from 2004 to 2008. The database is longer being produced. |
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Geology |
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Books, Journals |
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On & Off Campus |
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1982 - 2008 |
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No additional information provided. |
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Mintel offers market research reports covering US and International marketplaces. Each report combines data & analysis of the competitive landscape, market-share analysis and consumer profiles. Complex demographic issues are broken into easy-to-understand sections, explaining consumer behavior and demonstrating the structure of the market.
Also includes Travel and Tourism reports for countries worldwide.
*Registration is required using a USC Columbia campus email address.* |
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Business, Business-Management, Business-Marketing, Geography, Hospitality & Tourism Management |
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Industry Information, Reports |
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On & Off Campus |
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Varies by Title |
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This resource requires the user to register using a USC Columbia campus email address. Subscription is limited to 10 simultaneous users. |
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| The MLA International Bibliography is the fundamental research tool for the humanities. The database indexes international scholarly materials on modern language, literature, linguistics, and folklore. |
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Comparative Literature, English Literature, Film Studies, Foreign Language & Literatures, Theatre & Dance |
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Book Reviews, Books, Dissertations & Theses, Journals |
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On & Off Campus |
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1926 - current |
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Print index available back to 1921. Please ask at the Reference Desk for assistance. |
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| The MLA Directory of Periodicals offers detailed information on over 7,100 journals, with 4,400 currently indexed in the MLA International Bibliography. |
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English Literature, Foreign Language & Literatures |
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Reference Sources |
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On & Off Campus |
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The detailed entries include editorial contact information, as well as frequency, circulation, subscription prices and submission guidelines. The directory also provides statistics on how many articles and book reviews the periodicals publish each year, as well as how many are submitted. |
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This database provides consumer magazine audience data, measuring the readership of over 230 magazines in the United States.
To access the Mediamark Reporter database containing product, consumer and media information use the link labeled" Mediamark Reporter."
*Registration is required using your USC email account.* |
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