ANN ARBOR, Mich., October 9, 2006 - ProQuest Information and Learning, the research solutions company that created the seminal ABI/INFORM® and developed the award-winning SmartSearch™ technology, has announced the launch of a revolutionary new accounting solution: ProQuest Accounting & Tax with Standards™.

Designed specifically to serve the needs of accounting scholars and their students, ProQuest’s latest addition is the first-ever information solution to blend key accounting standards data with periodical content from top accounting journals.  ProQuest Accounting & Tax with Standards enhances accounting research by combining standards from the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), and top peer-reviewed and trade accounting journals – and then applies valuable new tools to improve the search and retrieval process.

"The new ProQuest Accounting & Tax with Standards product fills a definite void in the need for accounting and tax information for our students and faculty,” said Alicia Estes, Head of the Business & Documents Center at New York University’s Bobst Library.  “It's the only one that is specifically designed from the academic’s point of view.  It can be used by differing levels of students and it is also attractive to the accounting faculty.  It has some unique components that address what we were looking for -- namely the standards content of FASB, GASB and IASB combined with a rich background of scholarly research, journals and publications."

Experts from ProQuest’s renowned Chadwyck-Healey and ProQuest platform design teams have created a fully Web-based offering with compelling new tools:  SmartView™ – a split screen that displays a table of contents and the full text of the standards simultaneously;   mouse-over glossary “lookups”; an intuitive user interface; and seamless click-throughs to related standards, footnotes, and other common links.   ProQuest Accounting & Tax with Standards can easily integrate and cross-search with other ProQuest business and news products, creating a holistic approach to accounting standards research. 

“This product shows ProQuest strengths in action,” said ProQuest Information and Learning President David “Skip” Prichard.  “We appreciate the challenges our customers face and their incredible creativity, so we listen very closely to them.  Our teams then use these dialogs as the basis for creating solutions that continually meet and exceed users’ expectations.  SmartView, for example, is a tool born out of a series of customer discussions, and represents an industry benchmark that no other company could set.”

ProQuest Accounting & Tax with Standards provides in-depth coverage of US and international accounting policies and standards, including original pronouncements, statements, interpretations, Technical Bulletins, Board Opinions, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Interpretations, Current Text and Emerging Issues Task Force Abstracts.  Information on state and national tax legislation, corporate and individual taxation, compensation and pension plans, and corporate financial management, as well as profiles of accounting firms, CPAs, and management consulting firms are also available through ProQuest Accounting & Tax with Standards. 

To learn more about ProQuest Accounting & Tax with Standards visit ProQuest at proquest.com and click on product news.  Customers can reach a ProQuest representative at 800-521-0600, ext. 73344, or via email at pqsales@proquest.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.

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