ProQuest LLC is an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based global information-content and technology company, founded in 1938 as University Microfilms by Eugene B Power.
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12 Facts About ProQuest
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ProQuest is known for its applications and information services for libraries, providing access to dissertations, theses, ebooks, newspapers, periodicals, historical collections, governmental archives, cultural archives, and other aggregated databases.
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ProQuest still publishes so many dissertations that its Dissertations and Theses collection has been declared the official U S off-site repository of the Library of Congress.
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In 2008, Voyager Learning Company and ProQuest's CFO settled SEC "charges without admitting or denying the allegations of the SEC's complaint".
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In 2001 ProQuest acquired Norman Ross Publishing, a small New York based microfilm publisher.
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In 2008, ProQuest LLC acquired complete ownership of RefWorks, a web-based citation manager of which it had been part owner since 2001.
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In 2010, ProQuest acquired two properties from LexisNexis, Congressional Information Service and University Publications of America .
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In 2013, ProQuest acquired Ebook Library, with plans to combine ebrary and EBL into a single e-book platform.
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ProQuest aligned Pi2 Solutions with its ProQuest Dialog corporate information service.
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In 2015, ProQuest acquired SiPX and Coutts Information Services, including the MyiLibrary platform and the Online Acquisitions and Selection Information System .
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In June 2016, ProQuest acquired Alexander Street Press, a provider of streaming videos and ebooks.
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In January 2020, ProQuest acquired Innovative Interfaces, Inc, a provider of technology solutions to academic and public libraries.
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