~Convenient Collection Management Options and E-book Content
in Key Subject Areas Now Available~

IPSWICH, Mass. — April 26, 2012 — EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) continues its commitment to enhancing the quality of the e-book user experience while simplifying collection development with the release of 39 new e-book Subject Sets. These sets provide libraries with convenient ways to begin or expand their e-book collections with current, reputable content from leading publishers.

The latest e-book Subject Set releases span key collection areas, including arts & humanities, business & economics, career & education, health & medical, personal growth & how-to, science & technology and social sciences. In response to increased demand from libraries, EBSCO has augmented its offerings in career & education, business & economics and health & medical titles, while enhancing and expanding content in the key areas most sought after by library users.

The 39 new Subject Sets now available include:

• Accounting
• Aging & Gerontology
• Allied Health
• American Contemporary Issues
• Biology & Life Science
• Business
• Career Choice
• Career Improvement & Professional Development
• Communication and Mass Media Collection
• Community College Companion Collection
• Criminal Justice Collection
• Dentistry & Oral Sciences
• Disaster Management
• Diseases & Conditions
• Earth Sciences Collection
• Economics Collection
• Education Collection
• Electrical & Electronic Engineering
• Emergency Medicine
• Environment Collection
• Finance
• Green Business
• Humanities Collection
• Leadership & Management
• Literary Criticism
• Natural & Alternative Medicine
• Nursing
• Pediatrics
• Pharmaceutical Science
• Philosophy Collection
• Race & Ethnicity
eBook Subject Sets are convenient, prepackaged sets of titles chosen to meet libraries’ needs for new content on popular, in-demand topics. EBSCO’s Collection Development Team of librarians uses tailored knowledge to create collections and Subject Sets for libraries. To date, EBSCO has created a total of 163 eBook subject sets—representing more than 2,500 titles. All Subject Sets from EBSCO include titles published within the past two years, and have no title duplication among current or past Subject Set offerings.

eBooks on EBSCOhost
eBooks on EBSCOhost offers nearly 300,000 e-books and audiobooks. EBSCO proactively acquires new content in critical areas, based on the dynamic needs of libraries. EBSCO has recently released EBSCOhost Collection Manager, a collection management tool that allows users to search, browse, build lists, and order e-books quickly and easily. More information is available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/ebooks/manage-order/ecm.

About EBSCO Publishing
EBSCO Publishing is the producer of EBSCOhost®, the world’s premier for-fee online research service, including full-text databases, subject indexes, point-of-care medical reference, historical digital archives, and e-books. The company provides more than 350 databases and nearly 300,000 e-books. Through a library of tens of thousands of full-text journals and magazines from renowned publishers, EBSCO serves the content needs of all researchers (Academic, Medical, K-12, Public Library, Corporate, Government, etc.). EBSCO is also the provider of EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS), which provides each institution with a fast, single search box for its entire collection, offering deeper indexing and more full-text searching of journals and magazines than any other discovery service (www.ebscohost.com/discovery). For more information, visit the EBSCO Publishing Web site at: www.ebscohost.com, or contact: information@ebscohost.com. EBSCO Publishing is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., one of the largest privately held companies in the United States.

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For more information, please contact:
Kathleen McEvoy
Public Relations Manager
(800) 653-2726 ext. 2594
kmcevoy@ebscohost.com