McGraw-Hill's New Digital Engineering Library Provides Unrivalled Content, Functionality, and History of Editorial Excellence

For nearly a century, engineers have relied upon McGraw-Hill to provide the most authoritative, reliable, and up-to-date information available anywhere. And now, ushering in a new era in engineering content delivery, McGraw-Hill Professional has announced the release of Digital Engineering Library -- a dynamic online repository of engineering information that combines McGraw-Hill's world- renowned editorial excellence with the speed and functionality of the Internet.

"Digital Engineering Library is a next-generation research tool that puts an unmatched selection of engineering material at the user's fingertips," said Scott Grillo, vice president of Digital Product Development. "It delivers more than 4,000 articles derived from 150-plus outstanding McGraw-Hill titles. But we offer more than just volume. With the inclusion of classic titles such as Mark's Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers 10e, Perry's Chemical Engineers Handbook 7e, Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers 14e, and Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain 7e, we offer the authoritativeness and component-by-component detail that engineers have come to expect from McGraw-Hill."

Digital Engineering Library is uniquely structured around 12 major areas of engineering and 500 topics, allowing users to quickly "drill down" to their specialized information needs. Rather than merely directing users to a publication index, Digital Engineering Library delivers a menu of pinpoint articles for the most streamlined, intuitive research possible. "The search engine was especially constructed for users with minimal technical skills but reflects the most innovative technology available."

  Digital Engineering Library includes these important features:
   * 4,000 articles derived from 150+ McGraw-Hill titles
   * 12 major engineering disciplines
   * 500 topics
   * Easy to use search or topical browse function
   * Late-breaking industry news
   * A "Search Dictionary" function that generates results from the world-
     renowned McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Engineering, which contains more
     than 18,000 entries
   * Personalization tools including: "email to a friend" feature,
     customizable home page, highlighting, bookmarking, and librarian center
     with valuable tips and tools for librarians
   * Regular content additions
   * Subscription or pay-pay-per-article pricing options

McGraw-Hill worked with Digital Publishing Solutions, which delivers XML- based digital publishing software and services, to develop the site powered by DPS' Power Platform™. Digital Publishing Solutions is a subsidiary of 1st Software Corporation.

Digital Engineering Library is available for a free 30-day trial to eligible institutions (go to: http://www.digitalengineeringlibrary.com/ and click on "Subscription Information").

About McGraw-Hill Professional

McGraw-Hill Professional, is a leading global provider of print and electronic content and services for consumers and the business, scientific, technical, and medical communities. Its offerings include reference books and online solutions on medical and health, engineering, and scientific topics and consumer books on business and investing and education.

McGraw-Hill Professional is a unit of McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, a global information services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial services, education and business information markets through leading brands such as Standard & Poor's and BusinessWeek. Founded in 1888, the Corporation has more than 280 offices in 37 countries. Sales in 2004 were $5.3 billion. Additional information is available at http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/.

About Digital Publishing Solutions

Digital Publishing Solutions (http://www.dpsl.net/) delivers xml-based digital publishing software and associated services to many of the world's leading publishing companies. By enabling the cost effective digital capture, formatting, archiving, and reproduction of traditional printed content into digital format, DPS's software allows customers to dramatically reduce storage and reproduction costs and to enable new lines of revenue by utilizing existing libraries of material in a whole range of new electronic wave.

SOURCE: McGraw-Hill Professional

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McGraw-Hill Education
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