Marquis Who's Who Adds Who's Who in American Art to its Online Database

June 14, 2006 (PRLEAP.COM) Entertainment News
Marquis Who's Who, America's premier biographical publisher for over 100 years, today announced the addition of its print directory Who’s Who in American Art to its online database, Marquis Who's Who on the Web.

Subscribers to Marquis Who's Who on the Web now can research today’s most important artists and art professionals, getting detailed biographical information on over 14,000 key figures instantaneously. The database can be researched in a number of ways including by name, media in which they work, birth year and place, and keyword. The online database provides significantly more coverage than the print edition.

The complete Marquis Who's Who database now offers profiles of over 1.3 million of the most noteworthy athletes, entertainers, political figures, executives and other industry leaders.

"With the addition of Who's Who in American Art this year and Who’s Who in American History last year, Marquis Who's Who is dedicated to providing the library and research communities with a complete online product, offering a wealth of information on notables in all fields, past and present," said Gene McGovern, CEO of Marquis Who’s Who. “Making our volumes available online provides an ever-growing internet community with enhanced search-ability and access to this invaluable content.”

This new addition to Marquis' online database will be debuted at the Special Library Association Annual Conference in Baltimore on June 11th, followed by the American Library Association Annual Conference in New Orleans on June 24th.

Marquis Who's Who offers free trials of the database. For information contact Michael Noerr at 1-800-473-7020 (ext. 1044) or michael.noerr@marquiswhoswho.com, or visit www.marquiswhoswho.com

About Marquis Who's Who
Marquis Who's Who is the premier publisher of biographical information used by thousands of public, academic and corporate libraries around the world. Marquis' Who's Who in America has remained the definitive biographical reference work since 1899, chronicling the lives and accomplishments of men and women in every field of endeavor. Together with its online database, Marquis Who's Who on the Web, Marquis Who's Who provides principal research tools for business people, students, journalists and others who depend on accurate biographical information. Marquis also publishes Who’s Who in the World?, Who's Who in American Politics, Who's Who in American Art, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Who’s Who in Finance and Business, Who’s Who of American Women, and several other titles. Marquis Who’s Who LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of News Communications, Inc, who also owns The Hill, Dan’s Papers, and National Register Publishing. For more information, please visit www.marquiswhoswho.com.

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