ANN ARBOR, Mich., October 13, 2005 - ProQuest Information and Learning has expanded content in its acclaimed online service History Study Center with 11 new periodicals in its Journal Library, eight new Study Units and expanded and revised content in the product's 500 other Study Units. The new content is part of an aggressive product development strategy aimed at correlating content with the most studied topics in undergraduate and AP history programs.

Among the new journals included are such top peer-reviewed titles as Past & Present, American Historical Review, and History Workshop.  New Study Units – hand-selected collections of reference and journal articles, primary documents and multimedia resources – include a variety of emerging study topics such as Environmental History as well as new topics on Chinese, Saudi Arabian and Eastern European history.

"We constantly monitor trends in historical study," said Mary Sauer-Games, ProQuest vice-president of publishing for Chadwyck-Healey.  "We can then plot what students and educators are going to need and have the content available in History  Study  Centerwhen they need it.”"

Originally launched in 2001, History Study Center has become a staple for student research.  In addition to the Journal Library and Study Units, it includes a Reference Library with dozens of references titles, Map Library, Document Library consisting of thousands of primary sources, KnowledgeNotes™ History Guides and the Web Gateway, which can be searched individually or as a combined unit.   History  Study  Center's vast multimedia content is particularly popular with students providing thousands of searchable images and more than eight hours of fully captioned, classroom-relevant video footage.   

Free trials are available. Libraries may receive more information by contacting their account representative at 1-800-521-0600, ext. 3183 or 3452 (outside the U.S., call +44-1-223-215-512) or pqsales@il.proquest.com. Editors may call 1-800-521-0600, ext. 6489 or email pr@il.proquest.com. 

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