Index to Jewish Periodicals ™ now Available on EBSCOhost ®

IPSWICH, Mass. — March 14, 2005 — In a continuing effort to provide the most complete collection of comprehensive subject-specific journal databases, EBSCO Publishing is pleased to now offer the Index to Jewish Periodicals ™ (IJP) via the EBSCOhost ® interface.

According to Lenore P. Koppel, IJP Editor, “The IJP is pleased to provide its data to customers through the EBSCOhost interface.  We recognize EBSCO’s strength in the library database market and its expertise in creating a user-friendly web search”.

Index to Jewish Periodicals is the definitive index on Jewish history, activity and thought. This database provides a comprehensive guide to English-language articles, book reviews, and feature stories in more than 160 journals devoted to Jewish affairs. Titles include Contemporary Jewry, Holy Land Studies, Jewish Culture & History, Journal of Palestine Studies, Studies in American Jewish Literature, and many more. Most references are not found in standard periodical literature guides. Index to Jewish Periodicals is intended for students of Jewish thought and others interested in contemporary Jewish and Middle Eastern affairs. Journal coverage dates back as far as 1988.

In addition to the important cultural and historical perspectives provided by the database, the release of Index to Jewish Periodicals also helps to further expand EBSCO Publishing’s existing collection of religious studies databases including the Religion & Philosophy Collection ™, ATLA Religion Database ™ , ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials ™, Catholic Periodical and Literature Index Online ™ , Old Testament Abstracts Online ™ (Coming Soon), and New Testament Abstracts Online ™ (Coming Soon).

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