EBSCO Publishing announced today that it has completed the acquisition of CINAHL Information Systems from Glendale Adventist Medical Center, in Glendale, California.

This acquisition marks EBSCO Publishing's commitment to the field of nursing and allied health. "CINAHL^® is the premier nursing and allied health database available today," said Tim Collins, General Manager of EBSCO Publishing. "We are pleased to have this outstanding database in the EBSCO family of products and services."

While the organization is now a part of EBSCO, Cinahl Information Systems and its staff will remain in Glendale. "We are pleased to be able to transfer the stewardship of Cinahl to a company with such a strong tradition in the market place," said Scott Reiner, President and CEO of Glendale Adventist Medical Center. "We are also happy that Cinahl will continue to be housed here at the medical center, and remain a vital part of our community."

EBSCO Publishing and Cinahl will continue to provide the CINAHL database in its current form, and work together to enhance both the CINAHL database and existing health-related EBSCO Publishing databases. "We are impressed with EBSCO's approach to online reference, including their implementation of the CINAHL database, over the years," said June Levy, Managing Director of Cinahl Information Systems. "We are looking forward to working with EBSCO to continue to provide the CINAHL database to the nursing and allied health market, and assist in the development of databases that complement the core database."

CINAHL is recognized as the premier reference index in the nursing and allied health field. Started in the 1940s, and first published in 1961, the index is used in most nursing or allied health institutions around the globe, either online or in print.

About EBSCO Publishing: EBSCO Publishing, EBSCO Subscription Services and EBSCO Book Services form the EBSCO Information Services group. EBSCO is a worldwide leader in providing information access and management solutions through print and electronic journal subscription services, research database development and production, online access to more than 100 databases and thousands of e-journals, and e-commerce book procurement. EBSCO has specialized products and services for academic, medical, government, public and school libraries as well as for corporations and other organizations. EBSCO maintains a comprehensive database of more than 282,000 serial titles and upholds active relationships with more than 60,000 publishers worldwide. EBSCO has been serving the library and business communities for almost 60 years. For more information, visit www.ebsco.com.

About Cinahl Information Systems: The CINAHL database indexes over 1,650 journal titles in nursing, allied health, biomedicine, complementary medicine and consumer health information from 1982 to the present. It also includes indexing of books, book chapters, pamphlets, pamphlet chapters, dissertations, government publications, audiovisuals, software, proceedings, and unpublished material. It includes abstracts and cited references and selected full text. Original documents such as accreditation records, clinical innovations, legal cases, drug records, continuing education modules, research instruments, and web site descriptions are also included.

About Glendale Adventist Medical Center: Glendale Adventist Medical Center is a full-service, not-for-profit Medical Center with 448 beds, over 2,000 employees and more than 600 physicians on the medical staff. The key service lines - cardiac, cancer, women's, orthopedic/rehabilitative medicine, behavioral medicine, and emergency medicine - provide state-of-the-art inpatient and outpatient services to meet the health needs of a multiethnic service area with growing Armenian, Latino and Korean populations. To promote health and wellness, the Medical Center provides a wide range of community services including health education classes, a parish nurse program, free health screenings and medical library services. GAMC also operates a Family Practice residency program and a number of nursing, therapy and other ancillary service accredited teaching programs. GAMC is a member of Adventist Health system, headquartered in Roseville, California which owns, leases, or manages over 85 health care business units - hospitals, medical groups, clinics, and home health agencies - in California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington. For more information on Glendale Adventist Medical Center, visit www.glendaleadventist.org.

Contact: Mark Herrick Vice President, Business Development EBSCO Publishing (800) 653-2726 ext. 254 mherrick@epnet.com

Release Date: Oct. 2, 2003