CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom, September 14, 2005 - ProQuest Information and Learning has been chosen to supply full-text journals to health institutions across Norway through the Norwegian Health Electronic Library.

In a competitive tender, to the Norwegian Health Service Research Centre (Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services), ProQuest's ongoing strength and commitment to developing health and medical content was highlighted as the deciding factor in securing the national deal.  Pricing, journal content and coverage, embargo periods, technical integration, ease of use of the interface and service levels also contributed to ProQuest clinching the agreement.

ProQuest content, including over 1000 full-text journals from different collections including ProQuest Medical Library, ProQuest Nursing Journals and ProQuest Psychology Journals, will be made available to all Norwegian health institutions via an internet portal, a collaborative project between the Directorate for Health and Social Affairs and Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services.

“Creating easier access to research information was a priority for Norway, and the Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services wanted to offer access to the world's most important electronic journals,” said Simon Beale, Vice-President of Sales, Marketing and Business Development, International, at ProQuest.

The national agreement with the Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services comes hot on the heels of similar agreements with the NHS England and NHS Scotland.

In fact, the Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services looks to model its electronic service to libraries across the country on the NHS. Until now, most hospitals had access to a variable number of journals and databases, but the primary health care sector has virtually no library services or reference databases.

This national agreement will ensure greater access to health and medical content for the 15,000 doctors and 60,000 nurses and other allied health professionals and healthcare administrators that work in the Norwegian Health system.

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About The Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services
The Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services is a publicly funded body supporting services and government with the best available evidence on questions about effects of health care. The centre has around 70 employees and encompasses the Norwegian Health Technology Assessment Centre and part of the Nordic Cochrane Centre.

For more information about Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, visit kunnskapssenteret.no/

About ProQuest
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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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