ISI ResearchSoft Ships Reference Web Poster^® Version 1.2

Innovative Tool Helps Colleagues Collaborate Via the Internet

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Carlsbad, CA, USA - August 30, 2001 - Today, ISI ResearchSoft began shipping Reference Web Poster 1.2, an upgrade of its collaborative tool for sharing bibliographic references with colleagues on the Internet. Reference Web Poster lets users post databases from EndNote^®, ProCite^® and Reference Manager^® on the Web. Colleagues with a Web browser can search these databases and import references directly into them, resulting in fast and easy collaboration among researchers.

"Since we introduced Reference Web Poster, we have seen it used in innovative ways-from experts posting information on the latest medical breakthroughs to professors posting a reading list," says David Kochalko, president of ISI ResearchSoft. "Reference Web Poster is ideal for sharing any type of reference collection over the Internet."

Product Functionality and Enhancement
Reference Web Poster 1.2 is now compatible with Windows 2000 (IIS 5) and Windows NT (NTFS and FAT32). Users simply install Reference Web Poster 1.2 on a Web server and are ready to post their EndNote, ProCite, and Reference Manager databases instantly-no programming or database conversion is required.

Anyone with a Web browser can access a Reference Web Poster site. Colleagues can search a single database or all posted EndNote, ProCite, and Reference Manager databases (up to ten) simultaneously. Reference Web Poster displays search results with links to the full bibliographic record, and users can import references into their EndNote, ProCite, or Reference Manager databases.

About ISI ResearchSoft
ISI ResearchSoft publishes Reference Web Poster and its counterparts, EndNote, ProCite and Reference Manager-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 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 connect seamlessly with the ISI Web of Science^®-the unique service that provides complete bibliographic data, full-length author abstracts and cited references for over 8,400 influential journals. One click of a button in the ISI Web of Science will send selected references to the researcher's computer. ISI ResearchSoft is a division of ISI.

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

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 6 million researchers, information specialists, and administrators in diverse fields.

The Thomson Corporation, with 2000 revenues of US$6 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 and London stock exchanges.

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