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KnowUK, the most comprehensive resource of its kind just got better
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 Information and Learning

ProQuest Information and Learning is a world leader in collecting, organising, and distributing information worldwide to researchers, faculty, and students in libraries and schools. Known widely for its strength in business and economics, general-reference, humanities, social sciences, and STM content, the company develops premium databases comprising periodicals, newspapers, dissertations, out-of-print books, and other scholarly information from more than 9,000 publishers worldwide. Users access the information through ProQuest®, the company’s web-based online information system, Chadwyck-Healey electronic and microform resources, UMI® microform and print reference products, eLibrary and SIRS® educational resources, and XanEdu online faculty and student resources.

The company has international offices in Cambridge UK, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America with global headquarters in Michigan, USA.

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