News from xrefer: Collins World Atlas Gazetteer Added to xreferplus

["Ellen McCullough" <ellen.mccullough@xrefer.com>]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE		

Collins World Atlas Gazetteer Added to xreferplus
Comprehensive Interactive Atlas Joins Online Reference Library

BOSTON, MA, July 16, 2004 - xrefer, provider of online ready reference
services to libraries worldwide, announced today that it has integrated
the Collins World Atlas Gazetteer into its xreferplus subscription
service, adding robust search and browse functionality to enrich the
content.

xreferplus is a completely customizable ready reference solution for
corporate, academic and public libraries.  It features full-text,
aggregated content from hundreds of reference books, with 1.8 million
entries covering such subjects as medicine, art, technology, bilinguals
and more.  By combining content from multiple publishers with unique
cross-referencing technology, xreferplus delivers authoritative answers
fast, wherever and whenever library users need them.  Free, 30-day trials
are available at www.xrefer.com/freetrial.

The Collins World Atlas Gazetteer in xreferplus contains 90,000 places and
geographic features, with a 1:5,000,000 scale.  Users can search and
browse by location, or by any of 28 geographic features from atolls to
mountains and national parks to waterfalls.  By combining the rich content
of the Collins World Atlas Gazetteer with xrefer's unique
cross-referencing technology, users can move between the Atlas entries to
any related entries in the dictionaries, encyclopedias and other reference
books in xreferplus.  Additional navigational tools enable browsing
adjacent areas and a choice of map sizes.

About xrefer

xrefer (www.xrefer.com) delivers technology-enhanced online reference
services to libraries and their users worldwide.  The company's flexible
subscription service, xreferplus, features authoritative, aggregated
content from hundreds of reference books, with 1.8 million entries
covering every major subject.  xreferplus adds value with proprietary
cross-reference technology that integrates the content across topics,
titles and publishers, enabling users to get accurate answers fast.

For more information contact Ellen McCullough at (617) 426-5710 or by
e-mail at ellen.mccullough@xrefer.com