McGraw-Hill Education Web Site Provides Reliable Information on Violence and Terrorism
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE via COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--Jan 17, 2002--In response to the public`s demand for reliable news in the aftermath of the September 11th tragedy, McGraw-Hill Education is offering free online access to the highest quality and most up-to-date resources available on violence and terrorism.
Through PowerWeb, an innovative online educational tool published by McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, a unit of McGraw-Hill`s Higher Education division, college students as well as the general public will now be able to locate important information on terrorism-related topics in one place and at no cost.
``The attacks of 9-11 and the ongoing war have led to a greater need for information on terrorism, not only among college students but the American public at-large`` said Robert Evanson, president of McGraw-Hill Education. ``As one of the world`s leading providers of information services, McGraw-Hill Education is responding to the increased demand for reliable news and is working to provide the American people with the information they need at this difficult time in our history.``
Anyone can take advantage of Power Web`s new violence and terrorism resources by clicking on the Violence and Terrorism icon at the McGraw-Hill/Duskin website (www.dushkin.com/powerweb). There`s no setup or new software to learn, and only registration is required.
Created to help college professors make their courses more relevant to students, PowerWeb organizes current articles from both scholarly journals and the mainstream press by subject matter topics and provides real-time news and weekly updates to students on issues related to their courses of study. McGraw-Hill Education is adding a new violence and terrorism site to the over 58 existing PowerWeb titles in subjects ranging from Business to Marketing to Sociology and Political Science and offering free access to the general public.
Each PowerWeb resource is assessed by a team of respected academic experts, ensuring only the highest quality peer-reviewed and refereed content is included. In addition, McGraw-Hill has developed correlation guides that link resources on the new PowerWeb site with specific McGraw-Hill textbooks used in courses such as Criminology, Sociology and Anthropology.
``Searching for reliable information on the Internet can be a daunting task,`` said Ed Stanford, president of McGraw-Hill Higher Education. ``By adding a violence and terrorism title to our PowerWeb series and offering it to the public for free, we`re providing a source of up-to-the-minute information on terrorism-related topics that people can access quickly and easily and that they can trust is accurate.``
With PowerWeb, users have access to books, magazines, newspapers, journals, databases and newswires containing content on violence-related topics, and PowerWeb search results yield academically focused sources that have been vetted as opposed to random Web results available from any other Internet search engine. In addition to the current articles on violence and terrorism, PowerWeb also provides links to other pertinent Web sites related to these subjects.
McGraw-Hill Education is a unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), 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 Business Week. Founded in 1888, the Corporation has more than 300 offices in 33 countries. Sales in 2000 were $4.3 billion. Additional information is available at www.mcgraw-hill.com.
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