ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 23, 2006 - ProQuest Information and Learning announce today the availability of a new catalog that outlines its entire suite of community college product offerings. These offerings include a core set of products that demonstrably fit community college needs and curricula.

"ProQuest recognizes that community college libraries have unique research needs.” said David "Skip" Prichard, president of ProQuest Information and Learning.  “To address this, ProQuest offers a full range of curriculum-aligned resources tailored for community colleges, including subjects such as education, nursing and allied health, technology, business, diversity studies, current events, and general reference, to name just a few.  These offerings introduce students to powerful research tools early in their academic experience."

To help this audience make informed decisions, ProQuest has assembled a catalog showcasing the entire set of community college solutions. Products and collections in the catalogue are tailored to support innovative teaching and research in core disciplines at 2-year institutions, and include:  

• ProQuest Curriculum Essentials™ – Especially created for community colleges, this full text and image database of over 1,400 journals covers hundreds of topics relating to all major fields of study taught at community colleges, including business, general reference, medical, education, and more.

• Medical Resources – Especially to meet the needs of community college medicine students, ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source™ combines its nursing journals with broader allied health references and over 10,000 dissertations.  Additionally, community college customers can affordably access electronic medical books through the MyiLibrary collection. 

• History Resources – A complete history reference, ProQuest's History Study Center™ includes more than 40,000 documents, world history maps, and more than 3,000 historical images. History students will also value ProQuest Historical Newspapers™ Extra Edition, which offers over 1,000 events in history with accompanying hand-selected articles from leading U.S.papers in full page image, from pre-Revolutionary days to modern times. Titles include The New York Times, The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, the HartfordCourant, and more.

• Science and Technology – For community colleges, ProQuest Science Journals™ offers an impressive collection of full-text scientific journals, supporting needs in both applied and general sciences.  . Community college libraries can also affordably access a comprehensive collection of computing and technical reference books through SAFARI® Tech Books Online.

• Social Science and Humanities Resources – Perfect for current events and social sciences, thousands of pro/con and viewpoint articles on hundreds of leading and topical issues. Literature Online Reference Edition is an affordable comprehensive literature resource.
  
  
• Diversity Resources – ProQuest’s comprehensive diversity resources include Ethnic NewsWatch™, the African–American biographical database, and African Writers Series.  For deep research, Black Studies Center is also available, which includes the acclaimed Schomburg Essays on the Black Experience™ and the ChicagoDefender, 1909 – 1975.

Catalogues are available upon request at 800-521-0600, ext. 3344.

 

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.cambridgeinformationgroup.com.