Insurance Periodicals Index ™ Now Available Through EBSCOhost ®

IPSWICH, Mass. — June 25, 2005 — A s part of an ongoing effort to provide subject coverage for all niche areas of study/research, EBSCO Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the Insurance Periodicals Index ™ (IPI) via EBSCOhost ®.

Insurance Periodicals Index (IPI), formerly produced by the NILS Publishing Co., Inc. in cooperation with the Insurance & Employee Benefits Division (IEBD) of the Special Libraries Association (SLA), indexes and abstracts over 200 of the most respected and widely-read insurance industry journals and magazines. Coverage dates as far back as 1965 and features a controlled vocabulary of index terms which reflects current insurance industry terminology.

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