MagillOnHistory ™ Offers Unique Historical Research Information via EBSCOhost ®

IPSWICH, Mass. — November 7, 2005 — EBSCO Publishing and Salem Press, as part of their ongoing database partnership, are excited to announce the release of the new MagillOnHistory ™ database. This unique resource provides access to a vast collection of historical research info rmation that is unavailable from any other source.

MagillOnHistory, available via EBSCOhost ®, combines content from Salem Press’s critically acclaimed history reference sets in a fully-integrated single database. MagillOnHistory is comprised of approximately 10,000 records; more than 1,800 historical images; charts, graphs, and maps; and an index of more than 13,000 names. In addition, this database includes more than 4,000 biographical essays that examine the lives of more than 3,800 historical figures. With essays on people, events and cultures ranging as far back as 25,000 BCE, MagillOnHistory offers extensive coverage of the ancient world; American History, including colonial and pre-colonial US and Canada; as well as cultures and civilizations in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, the Americas and Oceania. MagillOnHistory provides intensive coverage of the 20th century, with special focus on economics, science, human rights, the environment and the arts. For more information, visit www.salempress.com.

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