EduServ (CHEST) Offers EndNote^®, ProCite^® and Reference Manager^® to Higher Education Community in the United Kingdom

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Carlsbad, CA, USA - June 18, 2001 - CHEST and ISI ResearchSoft announced today an agreement to offer site-wide licenses to Higher Education Sites, Further Education Sites, Research Councils and selected Associated Sites in the United Kingdom (UK) for EndNote, ProCite and Reference Manager, the leading bibliographic software tools for researchers, students and librarians.

"In response to requests for more affordable pricing and licensing terms for these publishing tools, EduServ has negotiated an agreement which is available to all CHEST institutions. The value of the community's investment in content should be considerably enhanced and end-users will be able to use more effectively records that have been downloaded," said Nigel Lodge, Deputy Chief Executive. "The agreement is structured to accommodate the requirements of institutions within the CHEST Consortium and also for staff and students who require copies for their personal equipment."

Under the agreement, CHEST institutions can subscribe to site-wide licenses for any combination of these software programs for a three-year term. At subscribing institutions, the software may be installed on any institution-owned or operated computer, whether used by faculty, staff, or students. Individual members of a subscribing institution may also purchase a personal license for installation on any computer that is not owned or operated by the licensed institution, including home use. As an ISI ResearchSoft authorized distributor in the UK, Adept Scientific will provide customer service and technical support related to these CHEST negotiated licenses.

"Our agreement through CHEST confirms the growing interest we are seeing in site-wide licenses by institutions looking to enhance their support of the vital research performed by faculty and students," said David Kochalko, President of ISI ResearchSoft. "The seamless integration of EndNote, ProCite, and Reference Manager with the ISI Web of Science® provides a powerful combination for researchers in the CHEST community who write and publish."

"The ISI ResearchSoft products are superb, and until now we had to purchase copies for each postgraduate student," said Professor Peter Brooks, University of Plymouth. "The new licensing system will be a definite bonus for me."

About CHEST
CHEST is part of EduServ, a registered charity established with financial support from the Higher Education Funding Council for England and whose object is to serve Education in the United Kingdom. CHEST negotiates and administers agreements with suppliers of software, data and other IT related products on behalf of the education and research communities in the UK and Republic of Ireland, extending the benefits to public libraries, the NHS sector and universities world wide, such as the membership of IATUL, where possible. CHEST is one of the largest and most successful of such negotiating bodies in the academic world, with more than 900 organizations subscribing to at least one CHEST agreement.

About the ISI Web of Knowledge ^SM
The ISI Web of Knowledge is a powerful platform that integrates personal research tools with the Web-based content of the ISI Web of Science and ISI Current Contents Connect and additional sources of influential content. This sophisticated platform expands the quality of research coverage available through one resource by integrating journal, patent, proceedings, life sciences literature and Web content with powerful research software tools including EndNote, ProCite and Reference Manager.

About ISI ResearchSoft
ISI ResearchSoft is the publisher of the EndNote, ProCite and Reference Manager, bibliographic software programs used by over 500,000 researchers, students and librarians worldwide. These tools search remote databases and library catalogues on the Internet, import references into and organize a personal library of citations, and produce papers written in word processors with correctly formatted in-text citations and bibliographies. EndNote, ProCite and Reference Manager integrate seamlessly with the ISI Web of Science, the premiere citation database. One click of a button in the Web of Science will send selected references to the researcher's computer where they can be cited in manuscripts. ISI ResearchSoft is a division of ISI, a Thomson Scientific & Healthcare Company, and part of the Thomson Corporation (TSE:TOC).

About The Thomson Corporation
The Thomson Corporation, with 2000 revenues of US$6.0 billion, is a leading global e-information and solutions company in the business and professional marketplace. The Corporation's common shares are listed on the Toronto (TSE:TOC) and London Stock Exchanges.