ANN ARBOR, Mich., September 6, 2005 - ProQuest Information and Learning has been chosen by Nature Publishing Group (NPG) to be an online distributor of more than 50 of its acclaimed biological, medical and physical science periodicals. Nature Publishing Group is publisher of many important titles, including Gene Therapy, British Journal of Cancer, Nature Reviews, and its flagship title Nature. ProQuest Information and Learning is an electronic publisher of content for libraries and educational institutions worldwide.

"We've long admired Nature Publishing Group for its market-leading content," said Roger Tritton, ProQuest senior publisher.  "We’re proud to provide a new channel for libraries and their patrons to access these important journals."

The agreement with NPG is part of ProQuest's ongoing strategy to expand its STM content pool with highly respected and authoritative titles.  The content from NPG will be available beginning in October 2005 through a variety of ProQuest's science and medical databases, including its popular ProQuest Health and Medical Complete^TM.  Backfiles of Nature will be available from 1990, and current content will be available 12 months after original publication.

ProQuest is renowned for its vast, accessible journal, newspaper and periodical databases.  Continually expanding, ProQuest databases grew by more than 1,000 new newspapers and journals in 2004.  Well over 16,000 periodicals are now available through its products and more than 8,000 are full text.

About the Nature Publishing Group

Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is a division of Macmillan Publishers Ltd, dedicated to serving the academic, professional scientific and medical communities. NPG's flagship title, Nature, is the world's most highly-cited weekly multidisciplinary journal and was first published in 1869. Other publications and services include Nature research journals, Nature Reviews, Nature Clinical Practice, a range of prestigious academic journals, including society-owned publications, news content from news@nature.com and scientific career information from Naturejobs. 

NPG is a global company, with headquarters in London and offices in New York, San Francisco, Washington DC, Boston, Tokyo, Paris, Munichand Basingstoke. For more information, please go to www.nature.com.

 

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.

For more information, visit www.proquest.com or the ProQuest parent company website, www.cig.com.