Alt-Press Watch. (2010). Ann Arbor, MI: ProQuest LLC.
http://proquest.umi.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/login?COPT=REJTPTM4M2MmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=17867
•Covers
Articles and information from alternative journals, magazines, and newspapers (currently 210 publications). At present, there are 670,000 articles available from the subscription-only database. Although it has its own entry page (which could use some usability compliance help), the search pages are the same as for ProQuest, making it easier to navigate than it otherwise would have been.
•Critical Evaluation
All information is available in full text/full image versions, and the presses covered are dated from 1970 to the present, making this an excellent resource. It is also open URL enabled for purposes of locating it easily, although it does not have MARC records available (probably not required by teens).
•Genre
Subscription Database
•Curriculum Ties
History
English
Science
Social Science
Government
•Booktalking Ideas
Locating information on controversial topics, current events, pop culture
•Reading Level/Interest Age
Grades 10-12/Ages 15-19
•Challenge Issues
Some adults may prefer students not have full access to the types of materials available with this database, but most of the material is probably also available in other databases that are just more widely spread. Up-to-the-minute information from Alt-Press Watch should be appreciated as being preferable to what some others may offer, especially when it comes to class projects and papers.
•Why did you include this book in you’re the titles you selected?
I felt that it was important to look at a database that might really appeal to teens, rather than just one that was available also available through the SJSU Library.
