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Hoboken, NJ, October 27, 2009 – John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE: JWa), (NYSE: JWb), today announced the publication of the Wiley Registry of Mass Spectral Data, Ninth Edition. This latest update of one of the most trusted collections in mass spectrometry celebrates the Registry?s 40th anniversary. Since its original publication, the Registry has regularly "saved the day" by helping chemists around the world solve tough problems ranging from making accurate diagnoses to solving crimes to designing new pharmaceuticals.

This new edition is 66 percent larger than the previous edition. With more high-resolution spectra and more searchable chemical structures than any other comparable publication, the ninth edition is an essential reference for every analytical lab, helping researchers fully leverage their mass spectrometers. Featuring over 660,000 spectra, over 560,000 spectra with searchable structures, and over 2.7 million chemical names and synonyms, the Wiley Registry of Mass Spectral Data, Ninth Edition is the most comprehensive mass spectral library ever published.

The extensive coverage of topics includes pharmaceuticals, illegal drugs, poisons, pesticides, steroids, natural products, metabolites, chemical warfare agents and environmental pollutants. The Registry enables confident identification and confirmation the composition and chemical structure of over 590,000 compounds.

The information included benefits a variety of industries including: toxicology, forensics, pathology, homeland security, pharmaceutical research, industrial R&D/quality assurance, environmental health and safety and food safety.

Its featured libraries include:

  • EI-MS library with over 660,000 spectra
  • Structure library with over 560,000 searchable structures
  • Over 2.7 million common and systematic chemical names and synonyms
  • Over 590,000 compounds

The Wiley Registry of Mass Spectral Data is compatible with most current GC/MS software, including software from Agilent, NIST, PerkinElmer, Shimadzu, Thermo Scientific, and Waters.

For more information about Wiley Registry of Mass Spectral Data, Ninth Edition, as well as other Wiley database products, please visit www.wiley.com/go/databases.

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