ABI/INFORM, African Writers Series, and Literature Online with MLA Receive
Top Honors
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Three research solutions from
ProQuest Information and Learning have been named Outstanding Academic
Titles for 2006 by Choice magazine, a publication of the American Library
Association. The recipients, ABI/INFORM Complete and ABI/INFORM Archive,
African Writers Series, and Literature Online with MLA, were each praised
as "highly recommended" by Choice.
"It is especially meaningful to have these resources recognized as the
best of the best by Choice, which has long been a leading voice in the
academic and research community," said David "Skip" Prichard, president of
ProQuest Information and Learning. "I am pleased that our efforts are not
only delighting researchers but also earning high praise from the industry
and our peers. This distinction gives us great momentum to continue
delivering products that exceed the expectations of libraries and
researchers in 2007."
According to Choice magazine, this year's Outstanding Academic Title
list includes 597 print products and 43 electronic resources chosen by the
Choice editorial staff from among the 6,816 titles reviewed by Choice
during the past year. These outstanding works have been selected for their
excellence in scholarship and the significance of their contribution to the
field-often the first treatment of their subject.
The following are highlights from the Choice reviews:
ABI/INFORM Complete and ABI/INFORM Archive
"With the international coverage available in ABI/INFORM Global and the
historical information in ABI/INFORM Archive, ABI/INFORM Complete is
uniquely positioned as the most comprehensive combination
business/economics database on the market today." - L. Hickey, Sam Houston
State University
African Writers Series
"Indexing essential works from the lauded Heinemann's 'African Writers
Series,' this database purports to cover the canon of 20th-century African
literature, including novels, short stories, poetry, drama, and essays ...
. This is an extremely valuable and usable tool providing ready access to a
rich world of literature." -- M. P. Tosko, University of Akron
Literature Online with MLA
"The third edition of Literature Online is a powerful portal for
researching English and American literature, combining searchable full-text
poetry, drama, and prose with the two leading indexes of literary
criticism, 168 full-text journals, and numerous other features ... . More
than an index of criticism, Literature Online offers 350,000 searchable
works of poetry, drama, and prose.... Literature Online succeeds
impressively at integrating a wide range of literary information." - W. L.
Svitavsky, Rollins College
For more information, visit ProQuest on the web at http://www.il.proquest.com
or call +1-800-521-0600.
About ProQuest Information and Learning
ProQuest Information and Learning is a world leader in collecting,
organizing, and publishing information for researchers, faculty, and
students in libraries and schools. It is widely known for its strength in
business and economics, general reference, genealogy, humanities, social
sciences, and STM content. The company develops premium databases
comprising periodicals, newspapers, dissertations, out-of-print books, and
other scholarly information from more than 9,000 publishers worldwide.
Users access the information through the ProQuest(R) Web-based online
information system, Chadwyck- Healey(R) electronic and microform resources,
UMI(R) microform and print reference products, eLibrary(R) and SIRS(R)
educational resources, and Serials Solutions e-resource access and
management solutions. ProQuest(R) Smart Search was named "Best Specialist
Search Product" by the International Information Industry Awards in late
2005. For more information about ProQuest Information and Learning, visit
http://www.il.proquest.com.
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