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World Renowned Palgrave Becomes Questia Media's 225th Publisher
Global Academic Press Signs with Online Library for Students
HOUSTON Questia Media, Inc. announced today that Palgrave
Publishers Ltd., Macmillan's global academic publishing division and part of
the Holtzbrink Publishing Group, has joined its impressive list of publishing
partners as the company's 225th signed house. Questia's online library launched on
January 22, 2001, and includes more than 45,000 digitized scholarly books and
journal articles. This agreement will
enable Questia to incorporate hundreds of Palgrave titles into their
service. Users can search the titles in
the collection for free, and can access the full-text of the titles as well as
use the writing and reference tools, such as the automatic footnote and
bibliography generator, dictionary, encyclopedia, thesaurus and highlighter for
a subscription fee.
"We are pleased that
titles from Palgrave's internationally renowned list will now be available
through Questia to students on the Internet worldwide," said Sam Burridge,
Business Development Director for Palgrave.
Palgrave's participation is indicative of the level of excellence to be
found within the Questia collection.
This is a natural and mutually beneficial partnership because our
substantial and renowned list of books in the humanities and social sciences
compliments the Questia collection, as it has a very similar focus.
Questia
Founder and CEO Troy Williams said, "We are delighted to forge a relationship
with Palgrave because we believe in the value of improving education through
quality research. The Pew Internet and
American Life Project found that 94 percent of youths online use the Internet
for school research. Because the
Internet is a pervasive force in the academic research habits of American
teens, it is increasingly important to provide credible, high quality,
academically oriented content online for all students to easily access."
Palgrave publishes about
700 new books each year, with market leading lists, particularly in the
humanities and social sciences. Palgrave and its authors will benefit from Questia's unique business
revenue model, in which rights holders are compensated each time a page in a book
or journal is viewed. Beyond revenue generation for current titles, Questia creates
new revenue potential for older, out—of—print, and backlisted titles currently
not in circulation and thus, not generating revenue.
Since Questia provides unlimited access to all the titles in its
collection, publishers can maximize their profits in a new way that has never
been possible before.
Questia's list of publishing agreements includes
many of the most respected university presses in the United States —— Harvard
University Press, Oxford University Press, Yale University Press, University of
Chicago Press, Columbia University Press, Stanford University Press and Cornell
University Press, as well as quality trade houses such as W.W. Norton and
Perseus Books.
Our collection
development team, led by Dr. Carol Hughes, has conducted thorough research to
determine which works are most important to undergraduate students, Williams
said. We feel that the quality of the titles in our collection combined with
the efficient writing and reference tools will vastly improve the research and
paper writing process for students everywhere, quickly making Questia an
indispensable resource for undergraduates.
About Palgrave
Palgrave was formed in September 2001 as the new
global brand for Macmillan's academic publishing, following the integration of
Macmillan Press in the UK and St. Martin's Press, Scholarly and Reference in
the USA. Palgrave publishes in the
humanities and social sciences, business, computing and engineering and serves
students in Higher Education and scholars worldwide. Palgrave also has a strong business list for MBA students and
professionals and a rapidly expanding portfolio of journals. Visit www.palgrave.com
for more information or to search the complete catalogue of more than 10,000
titles.
About Questia
Founded in 1998, Questia Media, Inc., launched its
revolutionary online library with powerful search and writing tools created
specifically to help students write better papers faster in January 2001. Questia
provides unlimited access to the full—text of an extensive collection of books,
as well as a wide range of tools including
highlighter, markup, automatic footnotes and bibliography builder. For
millions of students and researchers, the Questiasm service will enable them to efficiently research and
compose papers at any time, from virtually every connected corner of the
world. Based in Houston with offices in
New York and Los Angeles, Questia is delivering on the true promise of the
Internet by providing access to a wealth of human knowledge. Visit www.questia.com for more information or a
complete list of the Questia publishing
partners.
QUESTIA MEDIA, INC.
SIGNED BOOK AND JOURNAL PUBLISHERS
As of July 2001
Abaris Books
Academic Press
Academy of Political Science
Agathon Press
Aldine de Gruyter
Allen & Unwin
Amadeus Press
America Press
American Economic Association
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
American Folklore Society
American Political Science Association
American Psychiatric Press
American Psychological Association
American Schools of Oriental Research
American Society of Church History
American Society of International Law
Amsterdam University Press
Arte Publico Press
Asia Society
Associated University Presses
Association for the Sociology of Religion
Auckland University Press
Augustus M. Kelley
Baylor University, J. M. Dawson Institute for Church-State Studies
Baylor University Press
BCAS
Beacon Press
Berg Publishers
Berghahn Books
Biblo & Tannen Publishers
Boydell & Brewer
British Library
Brookings Institution
Canadian Criminal Justice Association
Canadian Ethnic Studies Association
Canadian Sociology & Anthropology Association
Canterbury University Press
Carcanet Press Limited
Catholic University of America Press
Center for Social Research and Education
Chandler & Sharp Publishers, Inc.
Chatham House Publishers
Chelsea House
Chicago Review Press
Cineaste Publishers, Inc.
Clarity Press
College Literature
Columbia University Press
Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations
Cornell University Press
Council of Societies for the Study of Religion
Council on Foreign Relations Press
Curbstone Press
Curzon Press Ltd.
Custer Battlefield Historical and Museum Association
Darwin Press
David R. Godine
Duke University Press
Encounter Books
Edinburgh University Press
Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc.
Facts on File
Feminist Studies, Inc.
Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers
Folger Shakespeare Library
Fordham University Press
Four Walls Eight Windows
Gay & Lesbian Review, Inc.
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Historical Society of Northern California
George Mason University, John M. Olin Institute for Employment Practice and
Policy
Gill & Macmillan Publishers
Graywolf Press
Greenwood Publishing Group
Guilford Publications Inc.
H. W. Wilson Company
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Harvard Law Review Association
Harvard University Press
Hastings House
Heldref Publications
Hendrickson Publishers, Inc.
Hippocrene Books
Holmes & Meier Publishers
Hong Kong University Press
Howard University Press
Huntington Library Press
ICS Press
Indiana University, Folklore Institute
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana University Press
International Institute for Economics
International Publishers
ISI Books
Italica Press
Jameson Books
Jewish Publication Society
Juan de la Cuesta Hispanic Monographs
Karnac Books
Kent State University Press
Kumarian Press
Latin American Literary Review Press
Latin American Research Review
Law and Society Association
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Lynne Rienner Publishers
Marion Boyars
Marquette University Press
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press
McGill-Queens University Press
McFarland & Company, Inc.
McWhiney Foundation
M. E. Sharpe, Inc.
Michigan Law Review
Michigan State University Press
Middlebury College
Middle East Policy Council
Moscow News Press Service
New Directions
New Left Review, Ltd.
New School for Social Research
Newswatch Communications, Ltd.
North American Congress on Latin America
Notes on Contemporary Literature
Oberlin College Press
Off Our Backs, Inc.
Ohio University Press
Open Court Publishing
Orbis Books
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Oryx Press
Other Press
Oxford University Press
Palgrave Publishers, Ltd.
Paragon House
Paulist Press
Pearson Education UK
Pendragon Press
Pennsylvania State University Press
Perseus Books LLC
Peter Lang Publishing
Phi Delta Kappa International
Pi Lambda Theta, Inc.
Pierian Press
Pluto Press
Presidio Press
Prometheus Books
Purdue University Press
RAND Corp.
Regnery Publishing, Inc.
Religious Research Association, Inc.
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Resources for the Future
Rizzoli USA
Rockefeller University Press
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing
Rutgers University Press
Sage Publications, Ltd.
St. Joseph's University Press
Seven Bridges Press
Seven Locks Press
Sheed & Ward
Snow Lion Press
South End Press
Southern Conference on African American Studies
Southern Historical Association
Southern Illinois University Press
Stanford University Press
State University of New York Press
Supreme Court Historical Society
Syracuse University Press
Temple University Press
Texas A&M University Press
Texas Christian University Press
Texas Review Press
Texas Tech University Press
Truman State University Press
Tuttle Publishing
Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education
University of Alabama Press
University of Alberta Press
University of British Columbia Press
University of Calgary Press
University of California - Berkeley, Institute for East Asian Studies
University of California - Los Angeles, Chicano Studies Research Center
University of Chicago Press
University of Hawaii Press
University of Iowa Press
University of Massachusetts Press
University of Nebraska Press
University of New Mexico Press
University of New South Wales Press
University of North Carolina Press
University of North Texas Press
University of Notre Dame Press
University of Oklahoma Press
University of Pennsylvania Press
University of Pittsburgh Press
University of Pittsburgh, University Center for International Studies
University of Queensland Press
University of Scranton Press
University of Tennessee Press
University of Texas Press
University of Utah Press
University of Washington Press
University of Wisconsin Press
University of West Indies Press
University Press of Florida
University Press of Kentucky
University Press of Mississippi
Utah State University Press
Verso
W.W Norton & Company
Walker & Co.
Weatherhill
Welsh Academic Press
Westminster/John Knox Press
Whitston Publishing Company, Inc.
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
William B. Eerdman's Publishing Company
World Literature Today, Inc.
World Policy Institute
Yale University Press
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