News from xrefer: xrefer Launches Specialist Reference Service

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

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE		

xrefer Launches Specialist Reference Service

Leading Publishers Join with xrefer to Provide Online Access to Major
Reference Works

BOSTON, MA, September 27, 2004-xrefer, provider of online ready-reference
services to libraries worldwide, announced today that it has launched a
new service, xreferplus Specialist Reference.  xreferplus Specialist
Reference delivers in-depth, subject-specific expertise from reference
works by such publishers as Blackwell, MIT Press and Berkshire Publishing,
and includes works previously unavailable online.

xrefer's customizable xreferplus Ready-Reference service has grown
steadily since its launch in 2001, and now contains 2 million entries
covering every major subject, with content from some of the most highly
respected reference publishers.  xrefer's new Specialist Reference service
enables libraries to develop reference collections that specifically
target the research needs of their institutions' most advanced programs.  
Specialist Reference titles can be ordered individually or combined with
one of xreferplus' ready-reference solutions.  Free, 30-day trials of
xreferplus Ready-Reference are available at
http://www.xrefer.com/freetrial.  Libraries can trial Specialist Reference
titles by sending an e-mail to info@xrefer.com.

John G. Dove, CEO of xrefer, said, "The wonderful thing about Specialist
Reference is that users will be able to access these titles as part of
their library's xreferplus platform, with no difference in look and feel.  
They will have the same experience of being able to browse and search and
follow cross-references across all the works in the library's xreferplus
service, but now, with in-depth, specialized titles that their library has
added to its xreferplus collection, they'll have a coherent body of
reference works in one place that's both broad and deep in scope."

MIT Press, Blackwell Publishing and Berkshire Publishing have signed
licensing agreements with xrefer to bring selected titles to their readers
via xreferplus.  More titles from these and other publishers will be added
each month.  For more information about xreferplus Specialist Reference,
go to http://www.xrefer.com/libraries/index.jsp?m=17&sr=1.

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 Ready-Reference, features authoritative,
aggregated content from hundreds of reference books, with 2 million
entries covering every major subject.  By combining content from multiple
publishers with unique cross-referencing technology, xreferplus delivers
authoritative answers fast.

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

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