EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) and Information Today, Inc. have come to terms on an agreement whereby EBSCO has acquired two popular databases, Information Science & Technology Abstracts and Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts. This development marks another addition to the growing list of database acquisitions finalized by EBSCO in recent months.

"We're excited about this arrangement," commented Tim Collins, vice president and division general manager for EBSCO Publishing. "Information Science & Technology Abstracts is already available via EBSCOhost^® and has been met with a very positive response since we first released it in late 2002. Our intention is to expand coverage of library-related journals, enhancing value to researchers in the library science field." Collins continued, "We feel as though Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts will be a nice fit along side our full text database, Computer Source^TM. It was a pleasure working with Information Today, and we look forward to honoring their tradition of providing top-flight reference databases."

"It has become increasingly obvious that users of information services prefer integrated solutions," said Tom Hogan, president and CEO of Information Today, Inc. "They want abstracting and indexing databases to be seamlessly linked to full-text sources. Rather than create yet another full-text aggregator, we chose to find a home for our databases that would better serve the needs of our user community. EBSCO has initiatives in place to provide this sort of integrated service and has a robust sales and customer service organization to take the databases to the next level of market penetration."

Information Science & Technology Abstracts (ISTA)
ISTA (formerly Information Science Abstracts) is designed to promote the science, management, and technology of information through the abstracting of pertinent books, journals, e-journals, conference proceedings, reports, and patents. ISTA, published nine times a year, has provided worldwide library and information science records from more than 450 publications dating back to 1966.

Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts (IPCA)
IPCA (formerly Microcomputer Abstracts) provides access to concise and comprehensive information on the latest personal computing products and developments in business, education, libraries, the Internet, information science and technology, and the home. Over 120 of the most important trade publications, mainstream computer magazines and professional journals are covered, including those that focus on specific topics such as electronic commerce, publishing, Macintosh, Windows, programming and more. IPCA is updated on a monthly basis.

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.

Release Date: July 9, 2003