ISI ResearchSoft and OCLC Announce a Joint Initiative to Seamlessly Export References

References move quickly and easily from an OCLC database to an EndNote, Reference Manager or ProCite database

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Carlsbad, CA, USA - January 18, 2002 - ISI ResearchSoft and OCLC announced today a new relationship between ISI ResearchSoft's leading bibliographic software programs and OCLC's comprehensive and wide-ranging collection of reference databases. Now, users of the OCLC FirstSearch service can export information directly into an EndNote library by simply selecting the new Export option available to OCLC users. References can also be exported easily, and without any additional typing, from a FirstSearch database to a ProCite or Reference Manager database. These three programs, used by over 500,000 researchers worldwide, allow users to organize and search personalized reference databases, and produce bibliographies instantly in over 700 output styles.

"FirstSearch users asked for an easy way to export bibliographic data into these popular programs," said Lori Saviers, Director of Product Marketing and Licensing, Cooperative Discovery Services, of OCLC. "With this enhanced exporting function, users can now send data from any one of 72 FirstSearch databases to these software products for use in bibliographies."

"The new Export capabilities provided by OCLC greatly enhance the users experience when collecting information for a research project," said David Kochalko, president of ISI ResearchSoft. "The seamless export of references from OCLC to EndNote, ProCite and Reference Manager shortens the path from primary research to published papers."

About OCLC
Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, OCLC Online Computer Library Center is a nonprofit organization that provides computer-based cataloging, reference, resource sharing and preservation services to 40,000 libraries in 82 countries and territories. OCLC was founded in 1967 to improve access to the world's information and reduce information costs, and conducts ongoing research to develop technologies to support that mission. Forest Press, a division of OCLC since 1988, publishes the Dewey Decimal Classification system.

Introduced in 1991, the OCLC FirstSearch service is designed for librarians and library users, and accommodates expert and novice searchers alike. FirstSearch databases include familiar names from leading information providers as well as resources provided by OCLC, such as: WorldCat, ArticleFirst, Electronic Collections Online, NetFirst, PAIS International, PapersFirst, ProceedingsFirst, and the OCLC Union Lists of Periodicals. More information about FirstSearch, including a guided tour, can be found at www.oclc.org/firstsearch/.

About ISI ResearchSoft
ISI ResearchSoft is a division of ISI. ISI ResearchSoft publishes Reference Manager, EndNote and ProCite-the 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 personal libraries of citations, and produce papers written in word processors with correctly formatted in-text citations and bibliographies.

Reference Manager, EndNote, and ProCite connect seamlessly with ISI Web of Science. A key component of ISI Web of KnowledgeSM, ISI Web of Science is the unique service that provides complete bibliographic data, full-length author abstracts and cited references for approximately 8,600 influential journals. One click of a button in ISI Web of Science will send selected references to the researcher's computer.

About ISI
ISI is a business of The Thomson Corporation. Headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA with offices worldwide, ISI provides essential, high quality Web-based information to over six million researchers, information specialists, and administrators in diverse fields.

The Thomson Corporation (www.thomson.com), with 2000 revenues of approximately US$6 billion, is a leading, global provider of integrated information solutions for business and professional customers. The Corporation's common shares are listed on the Toronto and London stock exchanges (TSE:TOC).

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