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New York, New York, December 18, 2007
H.W. Wilson today announced the debut of the new WilsonWeb reference database Business Periodicals Index Retrospective: 1913-1982. A detailed index of the content of more than 1,000 business periodicals back to the first World War, this is perhaps the most in-depth, authentic record of 20th century business and industry found in any single source. With versatile WilsonWeb searching of more than 2.5 million articles, the database helps researchers compile vivid portraits of historical business trends, events, people, and innovations, complete with insights that only contemporaneous journalism can offer.

From the history of telecommunications, to the events that led to the Great Depression; from world trade with the Soviet Union, to the shaping of the modern oil industry, this is a rich account of technological advances, business strategies, marketing triumphs and failures, corporate cultures, politics and regulation, iconic executives, and much more. Access to facts and statistics from a multitude of sources, opinion pieces from diverse observers and interests, forecasts from respected prognosticators, and other journalistic insights make this unique resource valuable to students of a wide range of industries as well as researchers in a wide range of disciplines. This is a practical tool for study in business, history, sociology, economics, politics, law, and other fields.

The database covers the full range of business specialties--accounting to advertising, computers to cosmetics, economics to entertainment, taxes to transportation. Updated subject headings make finding information easy, though historical subject headings are provided (and are searchable), for insight into the evolution of methods and technology. Personal and corporate names used as subject headings are standardized, to ensure retrieval of all records about an individual or a company.

Business Periodicals Index Retrospective searches seamlessly with Wilson Business Full Text, offering nearly a century of data combined.

Wilson Retrospective databases also include Applied Science & Technology Index Retrospective: 1913-1983; Art Index Retrospective: 1929-1984; Book Review Digest Retrospective: 1905-1982; Education Index Retrospective: 1929-1983; Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984; Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective: 1908-1981; and Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982.

Free 30-day trials are available at www.hwwilson.com/trial.

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

Frank Daly

Phone: (800) 367-6770, x2312

Email: fdaly@hwwilson.com