ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 7, 2004 - ProQuest Information and Learning announces an extension of its exclusive distribution agreement with global academic publisher Palgrave Macmillan and the addition of six new journals. European Management Review (EMR), a major new journal, is among the titles added by the agreement, which covers both full-text and full page image (PDF) content. ProQuest Information and Learning, a unit of ProQuest Company, creates and publishes databases for libraries and educational institutions worldwide.

“The exclusive agreement adds more excellent titles to ProQuest’s databases and solidifies our relationship with Palgrave Macmillan. EMR, the much-anticipated new journal from the European  Academyof Management, adds weight and authority to our international business coverage,” said Steven Hall, ProQuest Senior Vice President of Publishing.

European Management Review is a new forum for international management research.  Its editorial board contains representatives from almost every top business school in Europe, making it recognizable throughout the European Business Schools Librarians’ Group and wider Europe. Contributors to the first issue, themed ‘The Millennium Nexus: Strategic Management at the Cross-roads’, include Henk Volberda, Stewart Clegg, David Knights, Robert Chia and High Willmott. A second issue will be published in November and the journal will be quarterly from 2005 onwards.

“By extending our agreement with ProQuest, we will ensure the best possible access to our journal content for scholars and other researchers in the global educational library market,” said David Bull, Journals Director for Palgrave Macmillan.

Other titles include Development, Journal of Information Technology, Journal of International Relations and Development, Acta Politica, and Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society.   The agreement includes electronic distribution as well as microfilm and fiche worldwide. EMR and Journal of International Relations and Development are new to electronic distribution.

The Palgrave Macmillan titles will be available in ProQuest’s ABI/INFORM® family of online business periodical databases, PsycINFO®, General Reference databases and ProQuest Computing™.  The new titles will be available beginning in Q3 2004 with a one-year embargo.  

Free trials of ProQuest databases 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 Palgrave Macmillan

US and UK-based Palgrave Macmillan was formed when St. Martin 's Press Scholarly and Reference and Macmillan Press (UK) united their worldwide publishing operations.  Palgrave Macmillan publishes a wide range of books in the humanities and social sciences and presently has over 5,000 active titles. In subjects ranging from Political Science to History to Literature, the list contains original works by many of the foremost academic writers and editors in the world, including several Nobel laureates. Palgrave Macmillan also publishes a growing list of high profile scholarly journals for a worldwide audience.  For more information, visit www.palgrave.com .

About ProQuest
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