New York, New York, November 21st, 2002
Several of H.W. Wilson’s most popular print reference works will soon be available in libraries as e-books, the Company today announced.

Famous First Facts, 5th Edition, Famous First Facts About Sports, Facts About the Presidents, 7th Edition, and Speeches of the American Presidents, 2nd Edition will be released in the new format in December 2002, through netLibrary, a leading e-book publisher and distributor. All the works were widely praised by reviewers in their original print editions. 

NetLibrary (a division of OCLC Online Computer Library Center) provides libraries and their patrons with anytime, anywhere access to reference, scholarly, and professional e-books that can be viewed, searched, and checked out via the Internet. By combining the time-honored traditions of the library system with electronic publishing, netLibrary offers an easy-to-use information and retrieval system for accessing the full text of publications.

More than 48,000 titles are currently available in e-book form through netLibrary, meeting the needs of academic, public, corporate, K-12, and special libraries internationally. For more on netLibrary, visit www.netlibrary.com.

Contact: 
Roseward Sky
Phone (800) 367-6770, x2272
Email: rsky@hwwilson.com

Eileen Sutter
Phone (800) 367-6770, x2312
Email: esutter@hwwilson.com