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EBSCO Acquires History Databases From ABC-CLIO
ABC-CLIO (www.abc-clio.com) and EBSCO Publishing (www.epnet.com) have announced a new alliance. EBSCO has acquired two of ABC-CLIO’s databases, Historical Abstracts (HA) and America: History and Life (AHL), and will distribute eight additional history databases plus ABC-CLIO’s online history ebook collection, History Reference Online. The partnership serves to leverage ABC-CLIO’s expertise in the area of history with EBSCO’s content licensing, digitization, and distribution capabilities. ABC-CLIO’s editorial staff will continue producing content for the databases, and Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life will be made available via the EBSCOhost platform.The distribution partnership makes the following ABC-CLIO databases available through EBSCO Publishing: - World History: The Modern Era
- World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras
- World Geography: Understanding a Changing World
- American History
- American Government
- State Geography
- Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society
- United States at War: Understanding Conflict and Society
- History Reference Online—a newly released collection of reference ebooks
Librarians will have the convenience of working with their EBSCO representatives to consolidate orders for ABC-CLIO databases with orders for EBSCOhost databases. The databases will continue to be accessed via ABC-CLIO platforms. Source: ABC-CLIO and EBSCO Publishing
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