Now available-Education Index Retrospective: 1929-1983
New Database in the Wilson Retrospective Collection Helps Users Search Over 830,000 Articles

New York, New York, August 1, 2005
H.W. Wilson today announced the latest addition to the Wilson Retrospective Collection of periodicals databases: Education Index Retrospective: 1929-1983. This is the space-saving online equivalent to 33 Education Index print annuals, with records for more than 830,000 articles from over 600 leading periodicals.

For libraries supporting curricula in education, social sciences, public policy and related fields, this new resource unlocks the wealth of information, opinions, and research present in decades of leading education literature. Whether data from a historic field study, or reviews of a landmark book from the time of its debut, Education Index Retrospective is the perfect first stop for finding groundbreaking information.

Historical Research Using Up-to-Date Terms
Education Index Retrospective represents more than just the transfer of data from print to electronic format. The H.W. Wilson staff of librarians and subject specialists have carefully reviewed and revised antiquated subject headings, making finding information easy using contemporary terms. Original subject headings remain, however, (and remain searchable) for insight into the way issues of the day were framed. Personal names used as subjects have been updated and standardized to ensure retrieval of all records about an individual.

Tools to Help Researchers Find Actual Articles
Like all the WilsonWeb databases, Education Index Retrospective features seamless links to a subscriber's open-URL compliant reference databases-without the added cost of a link server. Clicking the WilsonLink icon launches an automatic search for full text or additional information on all available open-URL compliant resources, e.g. JSTOR and ERIC. In addition, WilsonLink provides extended services, including an internet search and document delivery options.

With Education Index Retrospective, a library's periodicals collection becomes more accessible: the WilsonWeb holdings indicator links to the subscriber's OPAC to let researchers know if they'll find cited articles on the shelves. Administrators can also add dynamic links to holdings messages or custom messages to bibliographic citations-even limit search results to cite only publications among their holdings.

Education Index has always been produced by an in-house staff of librarians and subject specialists, with consistent bibliographic standards and no gaps in coverage. Education Index Retrospective reflects these high H.W. Wilson standards. The database searches seamlessly with Education Index, Education Full Text, Wilson OmniFile Full Text, and other WilsonWeb databases.

Other databases in the Wilson Retrospective Collection include Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984; Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982; Index to Legal Periodicals & Books: 1908-1981, and Art Index Retrospective: 1929-1984. Book Review Digest Retrospective: 1905-1982 will debut in Summer 2005.

Education Index Retrospective is offered exclusively on WilsonWeb. Free 30-day trials are available. For more information, visit www.hwwilson.com.