2 new online reference products now available from Blackwell Publishing

[Gillingham Emily <Emily.Gillingham@oxon.blackwellpublishing.com>]

- Blackwell Reference Online and The Blackwell Encyclopedia of 
Sociology Online Available for Trials and Licensing -

Two new online reference e-book resources are now live and 
available for licensing from Blackwell Publishing.  If you have 
already requested a free trial then you will be contacted shortly 
to set this up.  If you wish to request a 60 day free trial or 
would like pricing and licensing information, please contact your 
usual Blackwell Publishing Account Manager, or email 
libraryinfo@blackwellpublishing.com, or register your institution 
here: http://www.keysurvey.com/survey/135905/1cc1/

- About Blackwell Reference Online -

Blackwell Reference Online is an essential online library of 
academic reference e-books from across the humanities and social 
sciences.  It includes Blackwell's award winning Companions and 
Handbooks series and the entire 12-volume Blackwell Encyclopedia 
of Management.  The product holds authoritative survey articles 
with current thinking in many key disciplines which students, 
researchers and teachers can cross-search using an innovative 
classification feature which links content by subject, person, 
period, topic and place.

Libraries can license access to the complete collection or to one 
or more subject collections:

- Business and Economics
- History
- Language and Linguistics
- Literature and Cultural Studies
- Philosophy and Religion
- Sociology and Psychology

Blackwell Reference Online is available to institutions as a 
one-time purchase for perpetual access.  New titles and editions 
published during the course of 2007 will be automatically 
included in Blackwell Reference Online and new volumes published 
in subsequent years can be added to the service for an additional 
fee.

For more information about what's in it, visit: 
http://www.blackwellreference.com/public/whats_in_it_public

  - About The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology Online -

Edited by George Ritzer of the University of Maryland, this is a 
ground-breaking project which brings together 1800 specially 
commissioned entries written by an international team of the 
world's best scholars and teachers and containing:

- Clear, concise, expert definitions and explanations of the key
   concepts
- Entries ranging from short definitions of key terms to extended
   explorations of major topics
- Both classical sociology and contemporary developments in the field
- Introductions to sociological theories and research that have
   developed outside of the United States and Western Europe

The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology Online is available 
either by annual subscription or as a one-time purchase with an 
annual fee covering hosting and updates.  It is also available in 
print.

For more information, visit: http://www.sociologyencyclopedia.com

- More about the online platform for both products -

Blackwell Reference Online and The Blackwell Encyclopedia of 
Sociology Online are on the same specialized e-books platform. 
All bibliographic references are OpenURL compliant, MARC records 
and usage data is provided, and there are DOIs (Digital Object 
Identifiers) at book and chapter level to facilitate easy linking 
for library systems.  Access is unlimited through IP recognition 
or username and password.  The publishing platform for these 
products is provided by Semantico: http://www.semantico.com

If you have any questions please contact me directly or email 
libraryinfo@blackwellpublishing.com

Best wishes,

Emily Gillingham
Library Marketing and Communications Manager
Blackwell Publishing
emily.gillingham@oxon.blackwellpublishing.com
www.blackwellpublishing.com/librarians