Support : eNewsletters : ProQuest IQ : Issue 6, November 2011

NOVEMBER 2011

This Business e-Newsletter is designed to keep you on top of new and upcoming announcements for the ProQuest business product line, and introduce you to some of the complementary resources on Dialog.

2011 sees groundbreaking technology and content initiatives

ProQuest is growing organically through a variety of groundbreaking technology and content initiatives and is also expanding through acquisitions. Earlier in 2011, ProQuest acquired ebrary, an innovative provider of e-books to libraries. In late 2010, the company acquired University Publications of America (UPA) and Congressional Information Service (CIS^®).

ProQuest ranks 65th in 2011 InformationWeek 500

ProQuest has ranked 65th in the 2011 InformationWeek 500, an annual listing of the nation's most innovative users of business technology. InformationWeek is a premier source of news and analysis of leading-edge products and vendors in the business IT industry. Its InformationWeek 500 list is considered unique among industry rankings for its spotlight on the power of innovation in information technology.

"This is a particularly meaningful honor for ProQuest because when we're innovative, it means the important work of research benefits," said Kurt Sanford, ProQuest CEO. "We are driven to excel because we believe in the work, in the discoveries, in the advancements of those who rely upon us. This kind of recognition fuels us to set the bar ever higher."

This is ProQuest's third consecutive appearance in the top 100 of the InformationWeek 500. The company is being recognized for its ability to navigate a highly competitive industry, where new market entrants come from non-traditional sources. ProQuest has continued to thrive through the development of services that enable researchers to discover, interact and use content.

Did you know? ProQuest offers extensive pharmaceuticals and healthcare content

Pharmaceutical business researchers and medical professionals seeking solid, reliable, information and details on current developments can count on ProQuest. ABI/INFORM® includes more than 130 titles, almost all of which have ongoing full text, focused on the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, covering subject areas such as biotechnology, drugs, insurance, facilities, equipment, and industry trends. Fifteen full-text scholarly journals include American Journal of Public Health, Health Affairs, Journal of Healthcare Management, Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, and these can be searched alongside major trade publications such as Pharma Business Week and Modern Healthcare.

Quarterly reports from Business Monitor International profile the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry in over 60 countries. These include five- and ten-year forecasts generated using a top-down approach from BMI's Drug Expenditure Forecast Model. This semi-automated tool forecasts using historic trends, macroeconomic variables, epidemiological forecasts and analyst input, which are weighted by relevance to each market. In addition, wire feeds are available from Interfax and Normans Media Ltd.

The separate product Hoover's™ Company Records features up-to-date profiles of the major companies in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, including Pfizer, Amgen and Cardinal Health; subscribers to ProQuest Historical Annual Reports™ can also access historical reports from these companies. Some corporate restrictions apply.

Ask your Dialog account executive for a detailed title list of content in this discipline.

New content from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics figures high in emerging research

ProQuest has signed an agreement with The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) to distribute its highly respected publications to libraries around the world. The Society's 15 peer-reviewed journals – including such acclaimed publications as SIAM Review, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems and others* will be available in a wide variety of scientific and technology databases, enabling the content to be cross-searched with the library's complete ProQuest collection. Read more.

Look for SIAM content in the following scientific and technical products:

• ProQuest Engineering Collection
• ProQuest Illustrata Technology
• ProQuest Technology Collection
• ProQuest Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Collection
• ProQuest SciTech Collection
• ProQuest Computer Science Collection

*A one-year publisher embargo applies.

Want more information about ProQuest's scientific-technical collections? Contact your Dialog account representative or click here.

ebrary grows content and offers live training Webinars

In October ebrary added more than 2,800 E-books for purchase spanning all industries from AMACOM, Bentham Science Publishers, Elsevier Science, Kogan Page, Rowman & Littlefield, and other leading publishers to our growing catalog of over 271,200 titles for purchase. Many titles are also available under ebrary's Patron Driven Acquisition model for "just in time" access!

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Attend an ebrary training. Sign up online or email ebtrain@ebrary.com

Ask your Dialog account representative about ebrary's Patron Driven Acquisition model for "just in time" access.

ProQuest training team presents new platform videos on YouTube

Take a minute now to check out a video on how to save, organize and share your research in ProQuest with My Research. That's just one of the eight training videos that the ProQuest training team has produced and posted on YouTube. Topics include Basic Search, Creating Alerts, Look Up Citation and working with Folders.

Save searching time and money by understanding the enhancements of the new ProQuest platform. Register for a training Webinar at your earliest convenience.

British Nursing Index added to the ProQuest family

ProQuest has acquired British Nursing Index, a cornerstone database for nursing and midwifery in the U.K. Compiled through a partnership of the libraries at Bournemouth University, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the Royal College of Nursing and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, BNI indexes more than 240 English language titles, including essential nursing and midwifery journals and selective content from medical, allied health and management titles. DataStar® users have long recognized the database's reliability and precision and they know they can continue to access it through ProQuest Dialog™. The database is updated monthly, making it one of the most current bibliographic resources of its kind. ProQuest plans to invest in BNI, making it a full-text resource that expands well beyond the UK market. Content will continue to be accessed through the ProQuest Dialog™ service and will ultimately be available on the all-new unified ProQuest platform, where it will be cross-searchable with all ProQuest content.

More news is good news! Extra content in ProQuest Newsstand

Last month saw new content added to ProQuest Newsstand™ products.

• 26 new titles from Al Bawaba, boosting our content in Middle East Newsstand by 15%
• 24 new Asian titles from HT Media
• The Telegraph Magazine and Stella, both part of Daily Telegraph

Both the Al Bawaba and HT Media titles, as well as regional bundles, are available in ProQuest Newsstand, and the Telegraph Magazine and Stella have been added to ProQuest UK Newsstand.

ProQuest Dialog earns AIIP's 2011 Technology Award

The Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP) has named ProQuest Dialog™, the search service designed for professional research, as winner of its twelfth annual AIIP Technology Award. The award recognizes innovative products that enhance the working environment of the independent information professional. It was presented at the Internet Librarian Conference in Monterey, CA. Read what ProQuest Vice President and General Manager of Dialog Tim Wahlberg said about the company's vision for ProQuest Dialog and the innovative features built into the service.

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