Oxford and Boston, 18th May 2010 - Credo Reference, the award-winning online
reference library, has signed an agreement to launch a collection of Longman
Companions to History published by Pearson Education. Thirteen titles from
the history series will be available through the innovative Credo Reference
platform.
This newest Publisher Collection from Credo will provide libraries with the
option of purchasing the entire group of thirteen esteemed Longman
Companions to History or subscribing to the collection. Users will
experience the Companions as a fully integrated part of the Credo Reference
experience or, for libraries that don't subscribe to other Credo services,
as a standalone database. This new Publisher Collection includes thirteen
fact-packed, historical titles:
* The Longman Companion to America, Russia and the Cold War, 1941-1998
* The Longman Companion to America in the Era of the Two World Wars,
1910-1945
* The Longman Companion to Britain since 1945
* The Longman Companion to the Conservative Party since 1830
* The Longman Companion to Slavery, Emancipation and Civil Rights
* The Longman Companion to Germany since 1945
* The Longman Companion to the Formation of European Empires 1488-1920
* The Longman Companion to the Labour Party 1900-1998
* Longman Companion to Napoleonic Europe
* Longman Companion to Russia since 1914
* Longman Companion to Britain in the Era of Two World Wars 1914-1998
* Longman Companion to European Decolonization in the Twentieth
Century
* Longman Companion to the European Reformation 1500-1618
"Each volume in the Longman Companions to History series provides a handy
reference work to a major area of historical study and is written by a
leading scholar in the field," commented Lynette Owen, Pearson Education Ltd
Copyright Director. "Adding so many of our key historical titles to Credo
Reference's intuitive, user-friendly platform is an excellent move for us.
Now even more researchers will have access to our series' wealth of
historical content through Credo."
"Incorporating Longman's Companion to History titles will be a nice addition
to Credo's world history content," added John Dove, Credo President. "We're
certain the growing, global network of Credo users will find great value
from having access to such a well-regarded collection of resources."
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 allow libraries to augment their collection
with specific, deep reference content from highly-regarded publishers. Visit
www.credoreference.com and http://blog.credoreference.com
<http://blog.credoreference.com/> .
With offices in over 30 countries, Pearson Education is the world's leading
educational publisher providing resources across a wide spectrum of
subjects, including business, technology, sciences, law and humanities,
under imprints such as Addison-Wesley, Allyn & Bacon, FT Prentice Hall,
Longman and Prentice Hall. Longman, the world's oldest commercial imprint,
publishes quality books and electronic resources for both primary and
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