Coming June 2009: SAGE Reference Online Handbook Collection

Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore, and Washington DC (June 3, 2009)—SAGE announced today that the new SAGE Reference Online Handbook Collection, a set of 80 of its highest rated handbooks, digitized and hosted on the award-winning SAGE Reference Online platform, will be available for libraries worldwide in June 2009.

The Handbook Collection was developed following extensive consultation with librarians about how researchers are using reference collections in today’s libraries. Sold as a collection on the SAGE Reference Online platform, the highly acclaimed handbooks, which include award-winning titles, cover a range of subject areas across the social sciences and include such key resources as:

• Handbook of International Relations (Carlsnaes, Risse, Simmons)
• Handbook of Youth Mentoring (DuBois/Karcher)
• The SAGE Handbook of Health Psychology (Sutton/Baum/Johnston)

“SAGE Reference Online has hosted high-quality, authoritative and award-winning encyclopedia content since its inception in 2007, commented Rolf Janke, Vice President of SAGE Reference. “Now with the Handbook Collection, users have even more authoritative, interdisciplinary content to help with their research. And libraries who take advantage of the introductory price will save $2,000!”

The 2009 SAGE Reference Online Handbook Collection is sold as a set and this year’s titles are not available for individual purchase at this time. The 2009 introductory price for the one-time purchase of the set of 80 handbooks is $6,000 (list price: $8,000), and includes unlimited users, perpetual access to purchased content, and many options for browsing and usage reports. For customers outside of the USA please contact your local SAGE rep for further pricing information. Visit www.sagepub.com/reference.nav or www.sagepub.com/onlinehandbooks for more information.

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SAGE is a leading international publisher of journals, books, and electronic media for academic, educational, and professional markets. Since 1965, SAGE has helped inform and educate a global community of scholars, practitioners, researchers, and students spanning a wide range of subject areas including business, humanities, social sciences, and science, technology, and medicine. A privately owned corporation, SAGE has principal offices in Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore, and Washington DC. www.sagepublications.com

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Mary Kay Jezzini
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