ANN ARBOR, Mich., January 20, 2006 - ProQuest, in partnership with premier reference publisher Salem Press, has introduced more than 20 of Salem's high-quality reference titles in eLibrary Science. Most of these works are available for the first time in electronic format.

High-interest Salem Press titles added to eLibrary Science include:

• Children's Health
• Earth Science
• Encyclopedia of Flight
• Encyclopedia of Genetics, rev. ed.
• Geography Basics
• Geology
• Health Issues
• Inventions and Inventors
• Magill's Encyclopedia of Social Science: Psychology
• Magill's Choice: Ecology Basics
• Natural Disasters
• Psychology Basics, Revised Edition
• USA in Space, 2d ed.
• Great Events of from History II : Ecology and the Environment
• Explorers

“We are excited to add this respected and well-recognized reference publication to eLibrary Science,” says Marilyn Quinsaat, Vice President of Publishing.  “Salem Press brings over 30 years of experience in providing compelling coverage, and enhances ProQuest’s exceptional resource for understanding all areas of science.”

eLibrary Science is a comprehensive reference product that supports students' and teachers' classroom needs. The thousands of full-text and unique multimedia and interactive files help students research and understand concepts in science, while educators can use eLibrary Science to create engaging classroom presentations, demonstrations, lessons and activities. eLibrary Science supports Advanced Placement and mainstream science courses.

Like all ProQuest K-12 products, eLibrary unites its content and online technologies within a standards-based framework using ProQuest's patented MediaSeek® correlation technology, which allows the knowledge database to update constantly as content and standards change. This allows teachers to easily locate materials in eLibrary Science aligned directly to their state’s science standards.

In addition, eLibrary Science recently won Technology & Learning magazine’s Award of Excellence.  Technology & Learning's Awards of Excellence program honors the best educational applications and solutions for the K-12 market. eLibrary Science has been recognized as a Legacy winner, a category that honors products that have stood the test of time and have evolved with changing technology to continue to offer the highest quality experiences for educators and students.  

“We are please to be recognized for Technology & Learning’s Award of Excellence in the Legacy category,” says John Campbell, senior vice president K-12 market, ProQuest Information and Learning.  “As a leading K-12 content provider, ProQuest strives to offer educators instructional resources that address educational standards and students’ learning needs.  We are excited that eLibrary Science has been evaluated by educators and judges as a product that continually meets those needs.”

 

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