CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom, January 12, 2004 - Following extensive market research and customer feedback KnowUK has been updated and is re-launched today.

KnowUK is a unique online service developed to provide libraries with a complete collection of current, useful and UK specific reference information. KnowUK is the first place to search as it contains over 100 of the UK’s most used reference publications. Key publications available include British Archives, The Educational Grants Directory; Good Food Guide; The Good Schools Guide; The Law Society Directory of Solicitors; selected Which? Guides and Whitaker’s Almanack.

A refreshed, more dynamic resource provides users with easy retrieval of the information they need. Key features of the new KnowUK include:

• Browsable publications via Table of Contents
• A new Life Events section
• 15 precise categories to enable the user to limit searches by category
• Option to e-mail directly from the site or use a printer friendly option
• Automatic spell checker on search terms

Since its launch in 1998 KnowUK has more than quadrupled its content and continues to grow and develop to suit the needs of its millions of library users throughout the UK.

For further information or a free trial please visit www.knowuk.co.uk or e-mail marketing@proquest.co.uk

About ProQuest
ProQuest creates specialized information resources and technologies that propel successful research, discovery, and lifelong learning. A global leader in serving libraries of all types, ProQuest offers the expertise of such respected brands as Chadwyck-Healey™, UMI®, SIRS®, and eLibrary®. With Serials Solutions®, Ulrich's™, RefWorks®, COS™, Dialog® and now Bowker® part of the ProQuest brand family, the company supports the breadth of the information community with innovative discovery solutions that power the business of books and the best in research experience.

More than a content provider or aggregator, ProQuest is an information partner, creating indispensable research solutions that connect people and information. Through innovative, user-centered discovery technology, ProQuest offers billions of pages of global content that includes historical newspapers, dissertations, and uniquely relevant resources for researchers of any age and sophistication—including content not likely to be digitized by others. Inspired by its customers and their end users, ProQuest is working toward a future that blends information accessibility with community to further enhance learning and encourage lifelong enrichment.

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