H.W. Wilson Announces Biography Reference Bank, Select Edition
New 100% Full-Text Version of the Acclaimed Biography Reference
Bank Offers "Instant Gratification" for Young Researchers
New York, New York, April 11, 2008
H.W. Wilson today announced a new 100% full-text version of
Library Journal Best Reference Biography Reference Bank.
Featuring only complete profiles, the new Biography Reference
Bank, Select Edition marries "instant gratification" the web
generation expects with the reliable, vetted information that's long
earned the H.W. Wilson reputation.
Created to suit the fast pace of today's student
research, this affordable new resource delivers complete articles on
more than 236,000 names (and growing), whether an original profile
from H.W. Wilson, a profile licensed from another acclaimed
publisher, an article from nearly 3,000 periodicals indexed by other
Wilson databases, or all three.
With coverage of names in the news and
history-makers from a wide range of professions and areas of
endeavor, the database supports virtually all core undergraduate
coursework. From literature to politics, ethnic studies to media
studies, the arts to science, here are full biographical articles on
headliners and history-makers (antiquity through today), plus more
than 36,000 images accompanying profiles. Daily additions--new
articles from periodicals, plus coverage of at least 1,500 new names
per year--grow the database and keep "master records" on each
individual fresh with new coverage.
Biography Reference Bank, the larger
database from which Biography Reference Bank, Select Edition
is distilled, was chosen a Library Journal Best Reference
Source, a Reference Books Bulletin Best Reference Source, and
a Choice Outstanding Academic Title. School Library
Journal describes it as "a top-of-the-line biographical
reference tool." The debut of Biography Reference Bank, Select
Edition coincides with H.W. Wilson's new accelerated schedule of
staff-written profiles, set to provide quicker coverage of people in
the news.
Librarians are invited to arrange free 30-day
trials of Biography Reference Bank, Select Edition at
www.hwwilson.com/trial.
About H.W. Wilson
Since 1898, independent publisher H.W. Wilson has provided
researchers with references produced with unmatched editorial
integrity. More than 60 H.W. Wilson databases--indexes, abstracts,
full text resources, plus the acclaimed Retrospective
Collection--meet the research needs of customers around the globe.
From the long-popular
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature to today's
widely-praised Biography
Reference Bank, H.W. Wilson products are created for
librarians, by librarians. Over 150 Wilson editorial staff members
with MLS or MLIS degrees--multi-lingual trained librarians and
subject specialists--build the Wilson references each day.
Contact:
Roseward Sky
Phone (800)
367-6770, x2272
Email:
rsky@hwwilson.com
Frank Daly
Phone: (800) 367-6770, x2312
Email: fdaly@hwwilson.com
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