IPSWICH, Mass. — July 12, 2005 — The release of Child Development & Adolescent Studies ™ via EBSCOhost ® is another product of the ongoing partnership between EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) and the National Information Services Corporation (NISC). This database is the definitive resource for references to current and historical literature related to the growth and development of children through the age of 21.

Child Development & Adolescent Studies includes all of the issues of Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography from 1927 - 2001 previously published by the Society for Research in Child Development plus new coverage on Child Rights and welfare issues. Book reviews and abstracts from hundreds of journals and a bibliography of thousands of technical reports, books, book chapters, theses and dissertations covering biomedical and social sciences worldwide are indexed. More than 177,000 records are included with over 10,000 new records added each year.

About NISC
National Information Services Corporation (NISC USA ) publishes information products for access through BiblioLine, an internet search service, or on CD-ROM. Some of the abstract and index services are available in print. NISC's databases cover a wide range of topics in the natural and social sciences, arts and humanities. NISC is dedicated to serving the public with top-quality products at reasonable rates. NISC is the consistent choice of thousands of users in a variety of research settings worldwide. Key to NISC's success is an uncompromising zeal for quality throughout all phases of product production from thorough data preparation to one of the most advanced search and retrieval software technologies in the industry.

About EBSCO
EBSCO Publishing is part of the EBSCO Information Services group. EBSCO Information Services provides libraries and research centers with online and print journal subscription services, e-resource access and management services, full-text and secondary database development and access, an OpenURL-compliant link resolver, online book purchasing and related information services. EBSCO maintains a title database of more than 298,000 serial titles and upholds relationships with more than 78,000 publishers around the world. EBSCO’s 32 Regional Offices worldwide are staffed with personnel who speak the local language and understand the particular challenges faced by librarians in their areas, offering a uniquely personal level of service. Specialized divisions serve academic, biomedical, government, public, school and special libraries as well as corporations. For more information, visit www.ebsco.com.