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NOW
SEARCHABLE ONLINE: READERS' GUIDE
COVERAGE BACK TO 1890
Database
Represents Detailed Account of U.S.
Culture and History
New
York, New York, January 9th, 2003
Long
the most widely consulted index of
subjects in the popular press,
Readers' Guide now offers the
richest online archive of U.S.
culture and history available in any
single source.
The
entire retrospective content of
Readers' Guide to Periodical
Literature--back to its 1901
debut--is now searchable online via
WilsonWeb, H.W. Wilson reports. The
two-phase release of Readers' Guide
Retrospective: 1890-1982, now
complete, makes nearly a century of
Readers' Guide content available.
When combined with Readers' Guide
Full Text (or other current Readers'
Guide databases), more than 110
years of article citations are
accessible for fast electronic
searching.
A
Century of American Cultural History
The
full release of Readers' Guide
Retrospective delivers nearly 3
million citations from some 500
leading U.S. magazines,
representing:
- Reporting
on historical events from the
perspective of when they
happened.
- Interviews
and profiles of a century of
headliners and history makers.
- Contemporaneous
criticism of works of art,
literature, film, and stage.
- Notes
of illustrations, photos,
charts, and other graphics
accompanying articles.
Readers'
Guide Retrospective is the online
equivalent of 43 Readers' Guide
annuals in print--saving subscribers
some 12 feet of shelf-space and the
time and effort of maintaining print
volumes. What's more, users are
never frustrated in their research
by missing or dilapidated books.
Versatile
searching--by keyword, subject
heading, dates, journal, author,
article title, ISSN, article type,
and more--makes finding information
easy. Updated subject headings allow
searching using familiar,
contemporary terms, while original
subject headings, also provided,
offer a revealing and historically
valuable look at the way issues of
the day were framed.
The
database also makes acquiring
articles easy. A library holdings
indicator, linked to the library's
OPAC, lets users know if they'll
find cited articles on the shelves.
WilsonLink SFX-powered technology
links citations with full text from
other open-URL compatible
databases--at no additional charge.
Users can also acquire articles
through built-in interlibrary loan
and document-delivery links.
Readers'
Guide Retrospective was described by
Reference Review as "of
exceptional value... very highly
recommended." Readers' Guide to
Periodical Literature was honored by
Library Journal as one of the
"50 Best Reference Sources for
the Millennium." Trial
subscriptions are available to
libraries and members of the working
press.
Contact:
Roseward Sky
Phone (800) 367-6770, x2272
Email: rsky@hwwilson.com
Eileen Sutter
Phone (800) 367-6770, x2312
Email: esutter@hwwilson.com
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