CQ Press

[http://www.cqpress.com CQ Press] , a division of "SAGE Publications," publishes books, directories, periodicals, and electronic products on American government and politics, with an expanding list in international affairs and journalism and mass communication.

In May 2008, CQ Press was purchased from " Congressional Quarterly" by "SAGE Publications" in its entirety. [cite news | url=http://www.cqpress.com/docs/cqpress-sale-announcement.pdf | title=SAGE acquires CQ Press, Book-Publishing Unit of Congressional Quarterly Inc. | date= May 30,2008| publisher=SAGE Publications] SAGE Publications is an international publisher of journals, books, and electronic media for academic, educational, and professional markets. A privately owned corporation, SAGE has offices in Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, and Singapore, in addition to the Washington DC office of CQ Press.

CQ Press consistently ranks among the top commercial publishers in terms of quality, as evidenced by the numerous awards its products have won over the years:

[http://www.cqpress.com/researcher CQ Researcher] , a print and online periodical covering today's most debated social and political issues, won the "ABA" [http://www.abanet.org/publiced/gavel/win02.html Silver Gavel Award] in 2002 for its series on liberty and justice. The Society of Professional Journalists honored the publication with a Sigma Delta Chi Award of Excellence in 2000 for a series on health care.

In 2002 the [http://www.cqpress.com/reference CQ Press Reference Information Group] launched the [http://library.cqpress.com/ CQ Press Electronic Library] , which has subsequently grown into a suite of four online periodicals, five online reference databases as well as a suite of online editions of their reference books. Three of the CQ Press Electronic Library modules have earned the title "Best New Electronic Product in the Social Sciences" awarded by the "Association of American Publishers'" [http://www.pspcentral.org/rtAwards/archive_001.cfm Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division] .

Included among the annual directories published by the Reference Information Group is the CQ Press [http://www.cqpress.com/directories Staff Directories] series, consisting of the [http://csd.cqpress.com Congressional Staff Directory] , the [http://fsd.cqpress.com Federal Staff Directory] , and the [http://jsd.cqpress.com Judicial Staff Directory] . These publications contain authoritative and comprehensive contact information on the federal government. The Congressional Staff Directory has been published continuously since 1959, the Federal Staff Directory since 1982, and the Judicial Staff Directory since 1986. Each directory in the series features multiple print editions throughout the year and is complemented with Web-based daily updates.

The CQ Press [http://www.cqpress.com/college College Publishing Group] publishes political science textbooks, combining innovative titles with well-known classics, all of which maintain CQ Press's high standards of quality and distinction. The group has recently expanded its offerings to include works on public administration, international studies, and journalism and mass communication.

CQ Press owes its existence to Nelson Poynter, former publisher of the [http://www.tampabay.com St. Petersburg Times] , and his wife Henrietta, with whom he founded "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ) in 1945. Poynter established CQ with the mission of promoting democracy through education and in 1975 founded the Modern Media Institute, renamed the [http://www.poynter.org Poynter Institute for Media Studies] after his death. The Poynter Institute is a nonprofit organization dedicated to training journalists and media leaders.

"CQ Press" is a trademark of Congressional Quarterly Inc.

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