News International is the major UK subsidiary of the News Corporation Limited. The News International content will appear in ProQuest Newsstand^TM products, eLibrary^TM products for K-12 libraries and schools, as well as several products targeted at international ProQuest customers such as ProQuest Learning: News.

"The News International offerings will bring a new dimension to ProQuest Newsstand products. We're pleased to extend the availability of The Times and The Sunday Times in ProQuest products. Introducing highly regarded resources such as these to our youngest users will set them on a path to knowledge that will serve them throughout their scholarly lives," said Steven Hall, Senior Vice President, Publishing for ProQuest Information and Learning.

The agreement includes backfile rights for The Times dating to 1990. All four newspapers - The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, and News of the World - are already available in ProQuest databases.

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 .

News Corporation is a diversified international media and entertainment company with operations in film; television; cable network programming; direct broadcast satellite television; magazines and inserts; newspapers; book publishing; and more. Its activities are conducted primarily in the United States, Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, Asia and the Pacific Basin.

ProQuest Information and Learning is a world leader in collecting, organizing, and publishing information worldwide for researchers, faculty, and students in libraries and schools. Known widely for its strength in business and economics, general reference, humanities, social sciences, and STM content, the company develops premium databases comprising periodicals, newspapers, dissertations, out-of-print books, and other scholarly information from more than 8,500 publishers worldwide.  Users access the information through the ProQuest® Web-based online information system, Chadwyck-Healey^TM electronic and microform resources, UMI® microform and print reference products, eLibrary^TM and SIRS educational resources, and XanEdu^TM online faculty and student resources.  For more information about ProQuest Information and Learning, visit www.il.proquest.com.