H.W. Wilson Wins Contract With
Vermont Online Library
Partnership Brings Access to Biography Reference Bank
for VOL Participating Libraries Statewide
New York, New York, April 25, 2007
WilsonWeb's Biography Reference Bank is now available to
Vermont library users statewide via Vermont Online Library (VOL),
H.W. Wilson today announced. The database joins a diverse array of
full text reference databases offered by VOL participating libraries
to library users on-site and over the web.
Named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title
(2005), a Library Journal Best Reference Source, and a
Reference Books Bulletin Top 10 Biography Reference Source, the
acclaimed Biography Reference Bank helps users find
biographical information on more than 500,000 people. Besides
substantive narrative biographies, Biography Reference Bank
delivers biographical information from nearly 8,000 periodicals:
profiles, features, interviews, essays, book reviews, performance
reviews, speeches, and obituaries. More than 36,000 images (and
growing) bring the profiles to life, with more color photos than on
any competing biography database.
Searching by name, profession, place of origin,
gender, ethnicity, birth/death dates, keyword, or any combination
makes Biography Reference Bank invaluable for multicultural
studies, women's studies, historical research and other areas beyond
simple biographical research. Daily additions of new information
from periodicals keeps coverage up to date, and the database grows
by some 1,000 narrative profiles per year, at no additional cost.
School Library Journal calls it "a
top-of-the-line biographical reference tool." Free 30-day trials are
available to librarians and members of the press. For more
information, see Biography Reference Bank.
About the Vermont Online Library (VOL)
VOL's purpose is to ensure access for Vermonters to an array of
full-text online information resources in a variety of subject
areas. The information is produced by known and trusted publishers.
Vermonters have access to these resources through more than 300
participating public, school and college libraries. Resources are
available either at the library or from home or office.
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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