McGraw-Hill Professional Enhances Library Access to Medical and Engineering Resources

Thousands of library patrons worldwide will have greater access to the medical and engineering books found within McGraw-Hill Professional's digital products since these products are now aligned with international standards for online cataloguing.

By using the widely used and accepted MARC 21 standards, McGraw-Hill Professional is enabling libraries to automatically upload a large number of titles onto their Online Public Access Catalogs with ease. As a result, all books in McGraw-Hill Professional's AccessMedicine and the Digital Engineering Library (DEL) will be visible and searchable through the respective library systems and will link to subscribed content.

McGraw-Hill Professional's AccessMedicine is an online resource that provides students, residents, clinicians, and researchers with digital access to the medical world's most trusted sources such as Harrison's Principle's of Internal Medicine and Hurst's The Heart, along with PDA downloads, patient education, an integrated drug database, and a differential diagnosis tool.

DEL features online content from world renowned McGraw-Hill publications, structured around 12 major areas of engineering and more than 200 topics, allowing users to quickly narrow their search down to their specialized information needs.

MARC 21 files for both AccessMedicine and DEL are delivered through library resource centers with the library picking up the files on a quarterly basis. MARC 21 Records are provided with no additional charge for those libraries that have purchased AccessMedicine or DEL. More information can be found on www.accessmedicine.com and www.digitalengineeringlibrary.com.

About AccessMedicine

AccessMedicine is one of many high quality online medical products available from McGraw-Hill. AccessMedicine is an innovative online service that provides students, residents, clinicians, professors, researchers, and all health professionals with more than 50 digital medical titles including Harrison's Online, Hurst's The Heart, and CURRENT Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2007, daily updated content, hundreds of illustrations, a self- assessment feature, a comprehensive search platform and the ability to download content to mobile devices. More information on this and other products from the McGraw-Hill Online Medical Products line can be found on www.accessmedicine.com.

About Digital Engineering Library

Digital Engineering Library is one of many high quality online products from McGraw-Hill Professional. Digital Engineering Library features online content from world renowned McGraw-Hill publications including classics such as Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers (10th ed.), Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers (14th ed.), and many more. More information on these and other titles can be found on www.digitalengineeringlibrary.com.

About McGraw-Hill Professional

McGraw-Hill Professional is a unit of McGraw-Hill Education, a leading global provider of instructional, assessment and reference solutions that empower professionals and students of all ages. McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), has offices in 33 countries and publishes in more than 40 languages. Additional information is available at http://www.mheducation.com/.

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