CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom, February 6, 2004 - ProQuest Information and Learning announces a new agreement to distribute 103 scholarly journals published by Springer-Verlag. Key titles in science, technology, medicine, economics, and business are included in the licensing agreement. Many of the journals are newly available online; others titles formerly available only through a single distributor may now be accessed in ProQuest, as well. ProQuest Information and Learning, a unit of ProQuest Company, creates and publishes databases for libraries and educational institutions worldwide.

Springer-Verlag publishes approximately 500 journals and 2,600 books covering medicine, life sciences, and business for an international audience. Key titles in the new agreement include: The Journal of Economics, Economic Theory, Neurogenetics, Psychological Research and Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology.

“ProQuest is especially pleased to distribute these new journals from Springer on a non-exclusive basis. We want to challenge the exclusive-content model. Librarians have told us how important it is to have scholarly resources available from a variety of sources. Our users have also told us that access to such highly regarded publications in business and medicine is extremely important,” said Suzanne BeDell, ProQuest vice president, publisher.

The Springer titles will be available in ProQuest’s ABI/INFORM^® family of online business periodical databases, Academic Research Library^™, and ProQuest Science, Technology, and Medical databases. Most of the new titles will be available early in 2004; all 73 of the science, technology, and medicine titles are new to electronic distribution. The other 30 titles, covering economics and business, were previously available only through a single distributor; they will be available through ProQuest, as well, beginning in August 2004.

“We are delighted to be working with ProQuest, and are especially pleased to have signed a non-exclusive agreement” said Syed Hasan, director of business development of Springer-Verlag New York. “Springer strongly believes that the best way to further research is through broad access to our publications, and we welcome ProQuest’s open approach”

About Springer-Verlag
Founded in 1842, Springer-Verlag is one of the most prestigious scientific publishers in the world. Its publications include books and journals in medicine and life sciences, published in print and electronic media. Each year Springer-Verlag publishes approximately 500 journals and 2,600 books internationally. In New York, its staff concentrates on more than 40 society and proprietary journals and some 100 clinical publications and textbooks. Wherever scientific research is carried out, highly qualified experts, including a large number of Nobel Prize winners, count themselves among its authors. For more information, please visit http://www.springer-ny.com/

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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