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RR 2004/412
KnowUK
ProQuest Information and Learning
Ann Arbor, MI
Last visited June 2004
Price varies based upon type and size of institution
URL: http://www.knowuk.com
Keywords Bibliographies, United Kingdom
Review DOI 10.1108/09504120410565567
Since its inception in 1998 under Chadwyck-Healey, KnowUK has become a comprehensive electronic resource providing information on people, places, institutions, and organizations in the UK. When ProQuest acquired Chadwyck-Healey in 1999, they continued to update and expand the popular ready-reference database.
KnowUK provides the full text of over 100 of the most respected reference publications in the UK and allows them to be cross-searched easily. Titles included are some of the most heavily used and respected reference works such as Who's Who, The Statesman's Yearbook (RR 2003/55), Whitaker's Almanack, The Educational Grants Directory (RR 2003/236) and Debrett's People of Today (RR 1998/350). KnowUK is a unique resource as most titles are not available elsewhere online, and many...