ANN ARBOR, Mich., December 18, 2006 - ProQuest Information and Learning is launching a revolutionary change to its signature search platform.  Starting now, libraries with a database on the ProQuest® platform can use it for access to full text of the electronic content in its collection, whether it's from ProQuest or another content provider.  The innovation, called One Click searching™, eliminates one of the most common frustrations of serious researchers by building a direct path between search results and full text.

"Libraries are dealing with a patron base that has diminishing patience for search techniques.  They want predictable, seamless, and dependable access to full text in their holdings wherever it may be," said David "Skip" Prichard, president of ProQuest Information and Learning. "One Click provides exactly that.  It allows the library to thrive in a dynamic research environment by matching its users' expectations."

While the technology behind One Click is sophisticated, its appearance to searchers is remarkably simple.  Users enter search terms in any database on the ProQuest platform and the results screen will include links to full text from the library's e-collection.  To connect to the full text, users simply click once on the full-text button. 

Until One Click, linking from research databases across multiple publishers involved unpredictability and dead-end links in pursuing article full text, frustrating users and reducing library credibility among one of its most important patron groups - serious researchers.  One Click is a technology solution that considers each library's holdings, delivering links that are accurate, consistent, and automatic. 

"This is the next generation in search technology," said Prichard. "One Click resets the bar by opening content through its search interface, no matter who it comes from.  It's what libraries want and what their users want, and now they have it."

One Click is available now to libraries with a database on the ProQuest platform.  Some libraries may need to activate the service.  For information on the simple activation process, contact ProQuest at 1-800-521-0600. 

Note to journalists:  One Click's developers will hold a 30-minute webinar specifically designed for press on January 12, 2007 at 12 noon EST.  To register, contact beth@bethdempsey.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.