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RE: [SERIALST] Age Line no longer a free database |
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"Pennington, Buddy D." <penningtonb@umkc.edu> |
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Mon, 8 Feb 2010 16:20:40 -0600 |
Our government documents
librarian forwarded the following press release last September:
Press Release: AgeLine has
been bought by EBSCO Publishing. The free web version will be available
on aarp.org until September 30, 2009. For more information, visit
the EBSCO Publishing Web site at: www.ebscohost.com, or contact: information@ebscohost.com.
EBSCO
Publishing Acquires AgeLine®
~ Online Bibliographic Database Focused on Aging and Middle-aged and Older
Adults Now Owned by EBSCO Publishing ~
IPSWICH, Mass.
— July 28, 2009
— EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) has purchased the AgeLine® database,
formerly produced by AARP. AgeLine is the premier source for the
literature of social gerontology and includes aging-related content from the
health sciences, psychology, sociology, social work, economics, and public
policy. AgeLine also includes information for professionals working in
aging-related fields and for consumers.
EBSCO Publishing
has provided AgeLine on its EBSCOhost platform for many years. EBSCO
Publishing President Tim Collins says purchasing AgeLine allows the
company to continue to offer the database to its customers. “We are
always looking for acquisitions that match our core content areas and
supplement our strengths. AgeLine is a tremendous resource that fits
well with our existing mix of products and we look forward to offering it to
libraries and continuing to strengthen the content it provides.”
AgeLine is designed for
researchers, professionals, students, and general consumers. The database
addresses aging issues from individual, national, and global perspectives.
EBSCO provides a
variety of additional databases related to health for professional and consumer
use including: Alt HealthWatch, Consumer Health Complete™, Health
Source: Consumer Edition, Natural & Aternative Treatments and SPORTDiscus
with Full Text.
About EBSCO
Publishing
EBSCO Publishing is the world’s premier database aggregator, offering a
suite of nearly 300 full-text and secondary research databases. Through a
library of tens of thousands of full-text journals, magazines, books,
monographs, reports and various other publication types from renowned
publishers, EBSCO serves the content needs of all researchers (Academic,
Medical, K-12, Public Library, Corporate, Government, etc.). The
company’s product lines include proprietary databases such as Academic
Search™, Business Source®, CINAHL®, DynaMed™,
Literary Reference Center™, MasterFILE™, NoveList®,
SocINDEX™ and SPORTDiscus™ as well as dozens of
leading licensed databases such as ATLA Religion Database™, EconLit,
INSPEC®, MEDLINE®, MLA International Bibliography, The
Philosopher’s Index™, PsycARTICLES® and PsycINFO®.
Databases are powered by EBSCOhost®, the most-used for-fee electronic resource
in libraries around the world. 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
Buddy Pennington
Electronic Resources &
Serials Librarian
University of Missouri - Kansas
City
800 East 51st Street
Kansas City, MO 64110
Phone: 816-235-1548
Fax: 816-333-5584
Email: penningtonb@umkc.edu
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