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ProQuest Adds More Than 500 Business Books from Safari®
New distribution agreement for Safari Business Books Online includes titles from top imprints
ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 7, 2005 -- ProQuest Information and Learning now distributes Safari Business Books Online, a growing electronic reference library of more than 500 titles, to the academic and corporate library markets. ProQuest Information and Learning, a unit of ProQuest Company, is an electronic publisher of content for libraries and educational institutions worldwide.

Safari Business Books Online covers a wide range of critical business skills ranging from communication and problem-solving to leadership, customer service and employee performance. The e-reference business books deliver instant, reliable answers to important topical business questions and research needs. The library includes imprints from well-known publishers such as Addison-Wesley, Alpha Books, Financial Times - Prentice Hall, Prentice Hall PTR, QUE, and Sams Publishing.

“Building on the success of Safari Tech Books Online, Safari Business Books brings access to business reference to a new level.  Students and professionals will be able to search seamlessly through hundreds of business resources covering every major business discipline.  In addition, users of ABI/INFORM® will be able to leverage the powerful business vocabulary to search and link to the resources available in Safari.  The combination of Safari Business Books and ABI/INFORM makes for an unparalleled research tool,” said Todd Fegan, Vice President, Publishing, ProQuest Information and Learning.

Topics offered in the Safari Business Books Online reference library include: Current affairs, finance and accounting, human resource management, management (strategy, leadership, negotiation, team building, and more), professional skills, quality, sales and marketing, technology, and basic and advanced business skills.

Safari Business Books Online is the latest addition to Safari® Tech Books Online, the service that offers instant access to the full text of hundreds of leading technology books right on subscribers’ desktops.  It will be available as stand-alone database or as an add-on for Safari Tech Books Online subscribers. 

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 ProQuest Information and Learning

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-HealeyTM electronic and microform resources, UMI® microform and print reference products, eLibrary®, SIRS®, and Voyager Learning educational resources, and XanEdu® online faculty and student resources.  For more information about ProQuest Information and Learning, visit www.il.proquest.com.

ProQuest Information and Learning is a business unit of ProQuest Company (www.proquestcompany.com), which was recently named one of the top 100 fastest growing technology companies in the United States by Business 2.0 and one of the 200 best small companies by Forbes Magazine.

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