ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 15, 2008 - Entrepreneurship is one of the fastest growing areas of study today. However, information to support its study, practice and teaching is widely scattered and the need for information goes beyond traditional research and education tools. ProQuest is solving these challenges with the launch of ProQuest Entrepreneurship, the first centralized digital access point to discovery and advisory tools specific to the needs of entrepreneurship.

"Scholars researching entrepreneurial studies and practicing entrepreneurs need more than just information - they need practical tools for starting and growing successful businesses. ProQuest Entrepreneurship combines both in one convenient portal," said Todd Fegan, ProQuest vice president of publishing. "ProQuest Entrepreneurship offers a truly unprecedented solution for those looking to start their own business or those supporting the study and practice of entrepreneurship."

Launching in July 2008, ProQuest Entrepreneurship will include information and tools in multiple formats including:

• Video clips with advice from successful entrepreneurs
• Comprehensive startup toolkits including templates, and how to books
• Fresh research from thousands of scholarly resources
• Data and market research for assessing new products and ideas
• Teaching resources - including business cases - for Entrepreneurship courses 

ProQuest Entrepreneurship includes content from top providers of entrepreneurial information such as eClipsNet, John Wiley & Sons ("For Dummies" book series), Biz Miner, New Strategist, Vator Inc., Direct Marketing Association, Snapshots, Hoovers and many other company, market and industry reports, United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), International Council for Small Business (ICSB), Social Science Research Network (SSRN),  and many University-generated publications, guides, teaching resources, and dissertations from Brigham Young University, University of San Francisco, HEC Montreal, University of Zagreb, Babson,  & others.  A full set of publications from well-known publishers such as  Emerald Publishing, Springer, Palgrave, Mansueto (Inc and Fast Company), and Business Week, are also included.  ProQuest Entrepreneurship truly represents a step forward in product innovation with the addition of new format types (Video, Word, Excel), as well as a new interface intended to surface the most sought after information quickly.  A special search form will aid in finding market and industry reports and data.

ProQuest representatives will be available for demos of ProQuest Entrepreneurship at the Special Libraries Conference in Seattle.  For further information on ProQuest Entrepreneurship please visit www.proquest.com.

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ProQuest's vast content pools are available to researchers through libraries of all types and include the world's largest digital newspaper archive, periodical databases comprising the output of more than 9,000 titles and spanning more than 500 years, the pre-eminent dissertation collection, and various other scholarly collections. Users access the information through the ProQuest®  and CSA Illumina™ online information systems, Chadwyck-Healey™ electronic and microform resources, UMI® microform and print reference products, eLibrary® and SIRS® educational resources, Ulrich's® Serials Analysis System, COS Scholar Universe, and Serials Solutions® resource management tools. Through the expertise of business units Serials Solutions and RefWorks/COS, ProQuest provides technological tools that allow researchers and libraries to better manage and use their information resources.   For more information, visit www.proquest.com, www.proquest.co.uk, and www.csa.com.