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ProQuest

ProQuest LLC is an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based global information-content and technology company, founded in 1938 as University Microfilms by Eugene Power.

Company type

Subsidiary

Information and data provider

1938 (1938) as University Microfilms

Eugene Power

Acquired by Clarivate on December 1, 2021

Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.

  • Andy Snyder, chairman
  • Matti Shem-Tov, CEO
  • Robert VanHees, CFO

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ProQuest is known for its applications and information services for libraries,[1] providing access to dissertations, theses, ebooks, newspapers, periodicals, historical collections, governmental archives, cultural archives,[2] and other aggregated databases. This content was estimated to be around 125 billion digital pages.


The company began operations as a producer of microfilm products, subsequently shifting to electronic publishing,[3] and later grew through acquisitions.[1] On December 1, 2021, Clarivate bought ProQuest from Cambridge Information Group for $5.3 billion in what was described as "huge deal in the library and information publishing world". Clarivate said that the operational concept behind the acquisition was integrating ProQuest's products and applications with Web of Science.[4][5]

provides bibliographic information management solutions to publishers, libraries and booksellers,[13] and is the ISBN Agency for the United States.[14]

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is an online information service with more than 1.4 billion unique records[15] curated for corporate, business and government researchers, with a focus on pharmaceutical, engineering and patent research.[16]

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EBL (Ebook Library), an ebook aggregator with a catalog of titles from academic publishers, serves academic, corporate and research libraries while supporting emerging collection development models such as patron-driven acquisition.[18]

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offers access to ebook collections, by subscription or a perpetual archive model, in subject packages tailored for academic, corporate, government, public and high school libraries.[19]

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ProQuest was founded as a microfilm publisher.[6] It began publishing doctoral dissertations in 1939,[7] has published more than 3 million searchable dissertations and theses,[8] and is designated as an offsite digital archive for the United States Library of Congress.[9] The company's scholarly content includes dissertations and theses, primary source material, ebooks, scholarly journals,[10] historical and current newspapers and periodicals, data sources, and other content of interest to researchers.[11] ProQuest Video Preservation and Discovery Service, allows libraries to preserve and provide access to their proprietary audio and video collections.[12]


In May 2014, ProQuest LLC also operated businesses under the following names:[2]

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