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Oxford and Boston, 27th April 2011 - Credo Reference, the award-winning online reference service, is pleased to announce the launch of an in-depth new Publisher Collection from Salem Press. Joining a growing list of 33 other Publisher Collections, all available stand-alone or alongside a subscription to Credo General Reference, the new Salem Press Collection will be offered as perpetual purchase or on a subscription basis. This new Collection features key titles from both the Critical Surveys of Literature series (guides covering the major writers of world literature) and the Great Lives from History series (detailing the biographies of important people throughout history). Filled with vital content, and including 54 volumes from 13 titles, the Salem Press Publisher Collection offers: . Critical Survey of Mystery & Detective Fiction . Critical Survey of Drama, 2e . Critical Survey of Short Fiction, 2e . Great Lives from History: The Incredibly Wealthy . Great Lives from History: Inventors and Inventions . Great Lives from History: Notorious Lives . Great Lives from History: The 17th Century . Great Lives from History: The 18th Century . Great Lives from History: The 19th Century . Great Lives from History: The 20th Century . Great Lives from History: The Ancient World . Great Lives from History: The Middle Ages . Great Lives from History: The Renaissance & Early Modern Era "Salem Press continually looks for new methods of delivering our quality reference materials to libraries, so creating a Salem Press Publisher Collection with Credo Reference was a logical step for us to take," commented Peter Tobey, Salem Press Director of Sales & Marketing. "Responding to the needs of the library community has been key to our mission ever since Salem Press was launched more than fifty years ago." "We are thrilled to welcome Salem Press to the family of Credo Reference Publisher Collections," added John Dove, Credo Reference President. "Their reputation as a publisher of in-depth subject encyclopedias for a broad range of users make Salem Press a perfect partner in our efforts to offer a rich and compelling research experience for libraries of all types." Founded in 1999, Credo Reference, with offices in Oxford and Boston, has been offering completely customizable reference collections for libraries since 2002. Credo's General Reference services combine extensive content from multiple publishers with unique cross-referencing technology, effortlessly delivering authoritative answers to millions of researchers worldwide. Publisher Collections and Subject Collections allow libraries to augment their collection with specific, deep reference content from highly-regarded publishers. Visit www.credoreference.com and http://blog.credoreference.com. Since 1949, Salem Press (a division of EBSCO Publishing) has been the publisher of reference works on literature, history, health and biography, the social sciences and the sciences suitable for adult and young adult readers spanning all educational venues. Reference materials are both printed and electronic. The company distributes its work to college, school and public libraries. http://salempress.com lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org/serials UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn