ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 21, 2005 - ProQuest Information and Learning will distribute nine journals published by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) to the library and education market. All nine full-text titles are new to electronic distribution. ProQuest Information and Learning, a unit of ProQuest Company, creates and publishes databases for libraries and educational institutions worldwide.

ACM, founded in 1947, is a major force in advancing the skills of information technology professionals and students worldwide.  Its 80,000 members, as well as students and scholars, turn to ACM as the industry’s leading source of computing literature, authoritative publications and pioneering conferences.

The nine new titles include:

• ACM Computing Surveys holds comprehensive tutorials and survey papers covering the literature and explaining topics to those who seek to learn about areas outside their specialties
• ACM Transactions on Computer Systems publishes the newest findings of the computing research field
• Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery is the internationally acknowledged premier magazine of the computing field.
• Computers in Entertainment is an online quarterly covering the latest developments in software, hardware and business policies that improve existing mainstream entertainment and create new genres of entertainment
•   eLearn is a web-only source for news, information, and opinion on online education and training
• Interactions is a   new magazine on applied human-computer interaction (HCI)
•   Journal of the Association for Computing Machinery covers theoretical research in the core areas of computing; its authors are world class scientists
•   NetWorker delivers the latest on technologies and trends to its audience of practitioners, designers, business managers and others plugged into the networking culture
•   ACM Queue analyzes trends in computing from an information professional’s perspective

“We are pleased to add these well-known journals to our business databases.  We provide more than 40,000 computer science doctoral dissertation citations for ACM’s use.  This new agreement makes the information exchange two-way, increasing the opportunities for researchers to gain insight into the fast-changing information technology field,” said Suzanne BeDell, ProQuest vice president, publishing.

The titles are available in the ABI/INFORM® business database suite, including a five-year backfile of full-text content for each title.  The content is available in full text, Text+Graphics, abstract and index, and PDF Image. 

Free trials are available. Libraries may receive more information by contacting their account representative at 1-800-521-0600, ext. 3183 or 3452 (outside the U.S., call +44-1-223-215-512) or pqsales@il.proquest.com. Editors may call 1-800-521-0600, ext. 6489 or email pr@il.proquest.com.

About ACM

ACM (www.acm.org) is widely recognized as the premier organization for computing professionals, delivering resources that advance the computing and IT disciplines, enable professional development, and promote policies and research that benefit society.  ACM hosts the computing industry’s leading Digital Library and Guide to Computing Literature, and serves its 80,000 global members and the computing profession with journals and magazines, conferences, workshops, electronic forums, and its Career Resource Centre and Professional Development Centre.

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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