Hover over a source title for more information
Posted by Jennifer Stein on April 7, 2011
With over 1,250 news sources on FPinfomart (not including blogs), it can be difficult to keep track of them all – where they’re published; how often they’re published; and how far back our Archives cover that source. Our newest feature makes finding that information easier, when presented with a list of source titles.
There are two places where you’ll see our entire news source list on one screen:
- On the Browse Latest News page / the News “Help” page
- On the “show me all sources” source selection screen
We’ve added a “hover for more information” pop-up to source titles in both these types of lists.
The Browse Latest News page and the News “Help” pages both list all News sources by category. Hyperlinks for each title take you either to the latest edition of that source (from Browse Latest News), or to a page containing more information about that source (from News Help). Now, hovering over a title will cause a box to pop up providing you with more information about that source – such as geographic location, a description, publication frequency, and most recent issue date.
The “show me all sources” screen can be a source (no pun intended!) of frustration if you need to find more information about a source, but don’t want to leave the selection screen for fear of losing all the checkmarks you’ve selected so far. This screen now allows you to hover over the name of any publication to see the same pop-up box showing useful data about that title – allowing you to decide, in context, whether or not you wish to add that source to your search or Source Library.
We hope you’ll find these additions to be helpful when faced with a lengthy list of titles!
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