The American Humanities Index™, produced by Whitston Publishing (an imprint of EBSCO Publishing), recently passed a content milestone. As of January 1, 2004, the index contains more than half a million records drawn from more than 1,000 literary, scholarly and creative journals published in the United States and Canada. Dating back to 1975, the database includes many smaller journals and publications unavailable in other reference sources. American Humanities Index provides cover-to-cover indexing of journal content, including citations for all original creative works, such as poetry and fiction.

In September 2003, EBSCO Publishing, a leading producer and distributor of full text and bibliographic databases, acquired Whitston Publishing Company, Inc., a well-respected publisher of reference works for academic and public libraries since 1969. Whitston's flagship database, the American Humanities Index has been available through the popular EBSCOhost^® online research service since January 2003.

"American Humanities Index continues to grow and expand its offering of unique scholarly and creative content for academic libraries," according to Michael O. Laddin, president of Whitston Publishing. "Passing the half-million record mark is an important milestone for the index, and we will continue adding high-quality data to American Humanities Index at an increasing rate in the months ahead," said Laddin.

EBSCO Publishing, EBSCO Subscription Services and EBSCO Book Services form the EBSCO Information Services group. EBSCO is a worldwide leader in providing information access and management solutions through print and electronic journal subscription services, research database development and production, online access to more than 100 databases and thousands of e-journals, and e-commerce book procurement. EBSCO has specialized products and services for academic, medical, government, public and school libraries as well as for corporations and other organizations. EBSCO maintains a comprehensive database of more than 282,000 serial titles and upholds active relationships with more than 60,000 publishers worldwide. 2004 marks EBSCO's 60th year of serving the library and business communities. For more information, visit www.ebsco.com.

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Release Date: Jan. 9, 2004