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ebrary® and ProQuest® content is now discoverable in a single, integrated search ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ProQuest is streamlining research by enabling ebrary® and ProQuest® content to be discovered within a single search experience. Now, researchers can surface e-books side-by-side with relevant reports, videos, journal and newspaper articles and more in one step. The advance in searching comes via linking technology that enables users to navigate...
Top European universities to surface their innovative research via institutional repositories and new PQDT Global ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ProQuest is digitizing more than 15,000 dissertations from premier European universities, providing broad, online access to these works for the first time. Digital discovery of the works from University College London, University of Aberdeen, Cardiff University, University of Leicester, University of Bath and University of Valencia...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ProQuest LLC, a global information firm central to research, will release its full year 2012 financial results (through December 31, 2012) on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. On Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 11 a.m. (ET), CEO Kurt Sanford and CFO Phil Evans will host a conference call for lenders and bond investors to discuss the results. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120620/DE27948LOGO-a ) Call-in details are available on...
Industry-first features and new interface raises the bar for web-scale discovery SEATTLE, March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Serials Solutions(®), a ProQuest(®) business, introduces Summon(®) 2.0 creating another historical milestone for library discovery services. Optimized for academic research, Summon 2.0 represents groundbreaking features and a new, modern interface for the Summon discovery service that will resonate with users familiar with open web search engines. Streamlined...
Global provider of authoritative medical resources expands reach to researchers SEATTLE, March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Serials Solutions(®), a ProQuest(®) business, and Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals, researchers, and students, today announced that Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) content available on the Ovid institutional research platform will be indexed in the Summon(®) discovery service. Researchers will...
Agreement enables libraries to enrich service to family historians and academic researchers ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ProQuest is significantly expanding its rich selection of historical news content as the global distributor to libraries and other institutions for NewspaperARCHIVE.com, a 130 million-page database that captures coverage from valuable local newspapers throughout North America, the U.K., and select countries from 1607 to the present. ProQuest...
Seasoned professional brings fresh perspective to customer experience SEATTLE, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In support of delivering a superior customer experience, ProQuest appointed Tiffany Williamson as Vice President of Operations for Marketing, Sales and Customer Experience. In this new role, Williamson will drive strategy and operations excellence across sales and marketing, with a particular focus on aligning ProQuest's businesses creating an integrated approach to the...
Leading library organizations will exchange data to enrich discovery for users of WorldCat Local, Summon, ProQuest Central, and ebrary e-books ANN ARBOR, Mich. and DUBLIN, Ohio, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ProQuest and OCLC are launching a far-reaching data exchange program that will enhance the library discovery experience for users of OCLC's WorldCat Local service, ProQuest's Summon® service, the full-text of ProQuest Central and ebrary e-books. The program shares metadata...
#ideadrop house provides venue for think-tank discussions to advance libraries and librarianship ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Recognizing the insights and knowledge shared at SXSW Interactive (SXSWi), ProQuest, and ER&L are creating the ER&L + ProQuest #ideadrop house at this year's festival, March 8-12. Located in the heart of Austin, (TX) the house will be a premier destination for librarians to gather for salon-style group discussions about the future...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ProQuest is seeking applicants for its 2013 Roger K. Summit Scholarship. Celebrating its 20(th) anniversary and open to applicants from around the world, the US$5,000 award is given annually to a promising graduate student in library and information sciences. The winner will be announced at the Special Libraries Association's 2013 Annual Conference to be held June 9 - 11 in San Diego, California. (Logo:...
