ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 7, 2003 - ProQuest Company's (NYSE: PQE) Information and Learning unit has announced an exclusive agreement with SAGE Publications to bring 21 key business and management titles to ABI/INFORM, the company's flagship database. The agreement will allow ProQuest to deliver the journal content to institutions, libraries, and other markets around the world.

"SAGE titles are highly regarded by researchers, and we're delighted that SAGE has decided to allow searchers to access them in ABI/INFORM," said Rod Gauvin, senior vice president of sales and marketing for ProQuest Information and Learning. "The full text of 21 titles -- some never before available in an aggregated database -- will appear in ABI/INFORM to support research on business topics."

Michael Melody, president and chief executive officer of SAGE Publications, said, "The decision to extend electronic distribution rights to ProQuest was based on several important factors. First, ABI/INFORM is the de facto source for quality business periodicals information. The database provides the ideal context for SAGE content, with its quality indexing and editorial selection. Second, ProQuest consistently provides outstanding distribution of content, including professional market segments that might not subscribe to each of our wide array of titles. ABI/INFORM is the business database of choice for nearly 90% of U.S. business school libraries and major business research centers around the world. This agreement will ensure that our titles are available to business researchers, an important audience to the editors of our journals, our learned society partners, and to our company."

The SAGE titles to appear in ABI/INFORM will support research in accounting/finance, change management, human resource development, marketing, and organization studies. Titles include:

• Advances in Developing Human Resources
• American Behavioral Scientist
• Business and Society
• Compensation & Benefits Review
• European Journal of International Relations
• Group & Organization Management (formerly Group & Organization Studies)
• Human Resource Development Review
• International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management
• Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
• Journal of Business and Technical Communications
• Journal of Conflict Resolution
• Journal of Management Education
• Journal of Management Inquiry
• Journal of Marketing Education
• Journal of Service Research
• Journal of the Aademy of Marketing
• Management Communication Quarterly
• Management Learning
• Organization
• Organization & Environment
• Organizational Research Methods

ProQuest customers can sign up for specialized email content notification at: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/site/forms/mailinglist.shtml to receive notice when new content is added.

 

About SAGE Publications

SAGE Publications is a leading international publisher of journals, books, and electronic media for academic, educational, and professional markets. Since 1965, SAGE (www.sagepublications.com) has helped inform and educate a global community of scholars, practitioners, researchers, and students. SAGE Publications, a privately held corporation, has primary offices in Thousand Oaks, California, and in London, England.

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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