WILSON ANNOUNCES INFORMATION PARTNERSHIP WITH KNIGHT-RIDDER

New York, New York, March 27, 1996 - The H.W. Wilson Company today
announced that 18 of its bibliographic indexing, abstracts and full-text
databases will become available on Knight-Ridder Information, Inc.'s
DIALOG. online service. Cooperation between Wilson and Knight-Ridder - a
world leader in information access with 200,000 customers in almost 150
countries - makes Wilson databases more accessible to corporate,
government, and college and university libraries worldwide 

Wilson databases to become available on Knight-Ridder's DIALOG. service in
1996 include Readers' Guide Abstracts Full Text Mega Edition and Wilson
Applied Science & Technology Abstracts. Other databases expected to become
available on DIALOG. in the future include Current Biography; Wilson
Author Biographies; Wilson Art Abstracts; Wilson Business Abstracts;
Wilson Education Abstracts; Wilson General Science Abstracts; Wilson
Humanities Abstracts; Wilson Social Sciences Abstracts; Library
Literature; Biography Index; Book Review Digest; Cumulative Book Index;
Biological & Agricultural Index; Index to Legal Periodicals & Books;
Bibliographic Index; and Vertical File Index. 

The Wilson Databases

Wilson databases focus on the most widely respected, influential
publications in the specialties they cover, for reliable and incisive
research and greater relevance to periodical and book collections
accessible in libraries. Wilson databases are also distinguished by:

- A cover-to-cover approach to abstracting, indexing, and full-text
  coverage of articles in publications
- Coverage decisions aided by the American Library Association
  Reference and Adult Services Division's Collection Development
  and Evaluation Section's Committee on Wilson Indexes
- Extensive "see and see also" cross-references
- Title enhancements for entries with ambiguous titles
- Precise subject headings
- Unmatched name authority control
- Content codes to expedite access to information. 

Brief descriptions of the individual databases are provided on the
following pages. 

For more information on the H.W. Wilson/Knight-Ridder information
partnership, phone Barbara Ottervik, Manager, Advertising and Promotion,
at 1-800-367-6770, ext. 2312. 

The H.W. Wilson Company
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Book Review Digest

Indexing from January 1983. Provides citations to and excerpts of reviews
of current juvenile and adult fiction and nonfiction
books. An abstract of each book is provided. The reviews originate from
some 90 leading American, British, and Canadian
periodicals and cover more than 7,000 English-language works of adult and
juvenile fiction and nonfiction each year.

Biography Index

Indexing from July 1984. Indexes biographical material from some 2,700
periodicals, some 2,000 current books (annually) of individual and
collective biography, and biographical information from otherwise
non-biographical books: Autobiographies * Memoirs * Journals * Diaries *
Letters * Interviews * Bibliographies * Obituaries * Fiction (biographical
novels) * Drama * Pictorial Works * Poetry * Juvenile Literature.

Cumulative Book Index

Indexing from January 1982. A world list of hardcover and paperback books
of fiction and nonfiction published in the English language.

Index to Legal Periodicals & Books

Indexes more than 700 legal periodicals published in the United States and
elsewhere, and 2,500 books each year. Indexes periodicals beginning August
1981. Indexes books beginning 1993. Subjects: Administrative Law * Air and
Space Law * Maritime Law * Communications * Transportation * Domestic
Relations * Contraas * Torts * Property * Civil Procedure * Criminal Law *
Constitutional Law * Trusts and Estates * Dispute Resolution *
Jurisprudence * Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law * Environmental Law *
Health, Medicine and Psychology Law * Insurance * Taxation * Bankruptcy *
Labor Law * Legislation * Intellectual Property * Science and Technology *
International and Comparative Law * Legal Ethics * Legal History * Legal
Librarianship and Information Science * Military Law * Religion,
Humanities, and Education Law 

Library Literature

Indexing from December 1984. Covers some 230 periodicals and 600 monographs
from the U.S. and elsewhere. Subjects: Automation * Cataloging *
Censorship * Circulation Procedures * Classification * Copyright
Legislation * Education for Librarianship * End User Searching *
Government Funding * Human Resource Management * Information Brokers
Library Associations * Online Searching * Preservation of Materials *
Public Relations * Publishing

Vertical File Index

A monthly subject index to pamphlets issued by a broad range of public and
private sources. Includes hot topics! - plus a Current Topics section,
which lists citations to 10 to 15 newsworthy topics each month from the
hundreds of general-interest periodicals indexed by Readers' Guide to
Periodical Literature, General Science Index and other Wilson
publications.

Bibliographic Index

A unique, multipurpose source of information for research in all areas of
the arts and sciences. Covers bibliographies published in books,
pamphlets, and more than 2,800 periodicals in English, other Germanic
languages, and the Romance languages. Indexing from November 1984.

Wilson Business Abstracts

Indexing and abstracting for 400 leading business journals, The Wall Street
Journal, and the Business Section of The New York Times. Indexing from
July 1982; Abstracting from June 1990. Subjects: Accounting * Advertising
and Marketing * Banking * Construction * Computers * Drugs and Cosmetics *
Electronics * Entertainment and Media * Finance and Investments *
Government Regulations * Human Resource Management * Industrial Relations
* Information Technology * Insurance * International Business * Management
* Manufacturing * Mergers and Acquisitions * Occupational Health and
Safety * Public Relations * Retailing * Small Business.

Wilson Education Abstracts

Indexing and abstracting for 400 periodicals, yearbooks, and monographs.
Indexing from June 1983; Abstracting from August 1994. Subjects:
Administration * Adult Education * Comparative Education * Elementary
Education * Educational Technology * Government Funding * Instructional
Media * Language and Linguistics * Literacy Standards *
Multiculturial/Ethnic Education * Psychology * Religious Education *
Science and Mathematics * Secondary Education Social Sciences * Special
Education * Student Counseling * Teacher Education * Teacher/Parent
Relations * Vocational Education. 

Wilson General Science Abstracts

Indexing and abstracting for 150 popular and specialized English-language
science periodicals as well as the Science Section of The New York Times.
Indexing from May 1984; Abstracting from March 1993. Subjects: Astronomy *
Atmospheric Science Biology * Botany * Chemistry * Conservation * Earth
Science * Environment * Food * Genetics * Health * Mathematics * Medicine
* Microbiology * Nutrition * Oceanography * Physics * Physiology *
Zoology

Wilson Humanities Abstracts

Indexing and abstracting for 400 English-language periodicals, providing
interdisciplinary coverage. Indexing from February 1984; Abstracting from
March 1994. Subjects: Archaeology * Area Studies * Art * Classical Studies
* Dance * Drama and Film * Folklore * Gender Studies * History *
Journalism and Communications * Language and Literature * Music *
Performing Arts * Philosophy * Religion and Theology. 

Wilson Social Sciences Abstracts

Indexing and abstracting for 415 core English-language periodicals.
Indexing from February 1983; Abstracting from March 1994. Subjects:
Anthropology * Area Studies * Community Health and Medical Care *
Economics * Ethnic Studies * Family Studies * Geography * Gerontology *
International Relations * Law and Criminology * Minority Studies *
Planning and Public Administration * Criminal Justice and Corrections *
Policy Sciences * Political Science * Psychology and Psychiatry * Social
Work and Public Welfare * Sociology * Urban Studies * Women's Studies. 

INDEXES

Biological & Agricultural Index

Indexing from July 1983. Covers 258 periodicals. Subjects: Agricultural
Chemicals * Agriculture * Animal Husbandry * Biochemistry * Biology *
Biotechnology * Botany * Cytology * Ecology * Entomology * Environmental
Science * Fishery Sciences * Food Science * Forestry * Genetics *
Horticulture * Limnology * Microbiology * Neuroscience * Nutrition *
Physiology * Plant Pathology * Soil Science * Veterinary Medicine *
Zoology.

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Wilson Databases to Become Available Over Knight-Ridder Information, Inc.'s
DIALOG.Online Service
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FULL-TEXT

Readers' Guide Abstracts Full Text -- Mega Edition

Indexing and abstracting for 240 periodicals, including Time, NewsWeek, and
PC World, plus the full text of 122. Indexing from January 1983;
Abstracting from September 1984; Full-text coverage from January 1994.
Subjects: Areas of Popular Interest * News and Current Events * Business *
the Arts * Computers * Health * Fashion * Politics * Crafts * Food and
Cooking * Education * Photography * Science * Sports * History * Home
Improvement. Reviews of motion pictures, operas, plays, ballets, music,
radio and television programs, and videotapes are indexed.

Wilson Author Biographies

The full text of five popular volumes in the renowned Wilson Authors
Series, in a single, searchable electronic reference. Biographies for some
4,300 authors from 800 B.C. to the early 20th century, from British
Authors Before 1800; British Authors of the Nineteenth Century; American
Authors 1600 - 1900; European Authors 1000 1900; and Greek and Latin
Authors: 800 B.C -- A.D. 1000. Current bibliographic data also drawn from
such popular Wilson databases as Biography Index and Humanities Index.

Current Biography

Nearly 2,000 full-text biographies and some 1,800 obituaries reflect
coverage delivered in Current Biography print issues from 1983 through
1995, and indexing covers Current Biography print issues from 1940 through
1982. Offers data on national and international figures, in all areas of
prominence - artists, politicians, business people, journalists, actors,
authors, sports figures, scientists, and others in the news.


ABSTRACTS

Wilson Applied Science & Technology Abstracts

Indexing and abstracting of articles from 400 English-language periodicals.
Indexing from October 1983; Abstracting from March 1993. Subjects:
Acoustics * Aeronautics * Automotive Engineering * Chemical Engineering *
Chemistry * Civil Engineering * Computer Instruction * Computer Technology
* Electrical Engineering * Energy Resources * Environmental Engineering *
Food and Food Industry * Geology * Industrial Engineering * Machinery *
Marine Technology * Mathematics * Mechanical Engineering * Metallurgy *
Mineralogy * Nuclear Engineering * Oceanography * Optical and Neural
Computing * Petroleum and Gas * Physics * Plastics * Robotics * Solid
State Technology * Space Science * Telecommunications * Textiles Industry
and Fabrics * Transportation * Waste Management. 

Wilson Art Abstracts

Indexing and abstracting for 260 art publications worldwide:
English-language, plus French, Italian, German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch,
and Swedish sources. Also indexes reproductions of works of art. Indexing
from September 1984; Abstracting from January 1994. Subjects: Advertising
Art * Antiques * Archaeology * Architecture and Architectural History *
Art History * Computers in Archaeology, Architecture, and Art * Crafts *
Decorative Arts * Folk An * Graphic Arts * Interior Design * Industrial
Design * Landscape Architecture * Motion Pictures * Museology * Painting *
Photography * Pottery * Sculpture * Television * Textiles * Video.
 
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