Editing ProQuest (section)

{{Short description|Distributor of eBooks and digital media}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox company
| name = ProQuest LLC
| logo = ProQuest logo.png
| image = ProQuest Building Ann Arbor2.JPG
| image_caption = Headquarters at [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]]
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1938}} as University Microfilms
| founder = [[Eugene Power]]
| location = [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]], US
| key_people = {{unbulleted list|Andy Snyder ([[chair (officer)|chairman]])|Matti Shem-Tov ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])|Robert VanHees ([[Chief financial officer|CFO]])}}
| industry = Information and data provider
| fate =
| parent = {{Unbulleted list|[[Cambridge Information Group]] (2006–2021)|[[Clarivate]] (2021–present)}}
| homepage = {{URL|https://proquest.com/}}
}}

'''ProQuest LLC''' is an [[Ann Arbor, Michigan|Ann Arbor]], [[Michigan]]-based global information-content and technology company, founded in 1938 as '''University Microfilms''' by [[Eugene Power]].

ProQuest is known for its applications and information services for libraries,<ref name="InfoToday">{{cite web |url=http://www.infotoday.com/it/apr14/Kaser--ProQuest-Goes-Global.shtml |title=ProQuest Goes Global |publisher=Information Today |year=2014 |access-date=June 20, 2014 |archive-date=July 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701104541/http://www.infotoday.com/it/apr14/Kaser--ProQuest-Goes-Global.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> providing access to dissertations, theses, ebooks, newspapers, periodicals, historical collections, governmental archives, cultural archives,<ref name="JiscRelease">[http://www.proquest.com/about/news/2014/Jisc-and-ProQuest-Enable-Access-to-Essential-Digital-Content.html "Jisc and ProQuest Enable Access to Essential Digital Content"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527022309/https://www.proquest.com/about/news/2014/Jisc-and-ProQuest-Enable-Access-to-Essential-Digital-Content.html |date=May 27, 2020 }}, retrieved May 21, 2014</ref> and other aggregated databases. This content was estimated to be around 125 billion digital pages.

The company began operations as a producer of [[microfilm]] products, subsequently shifting to [[electronic publishing]],<ref name="PrivCo">{{cite web|url=http://www.privco.com/private-company/proquest-company|title=ProQuest LLC|website=PrivCo.com|access-date=May 23, 2014|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924082020/http://www.privco.com/private-company/proquest-company|url-status=live}}</ref> and later grew through acquisitions.<ref name="InfoToday" /> On December 1, 2021, [[Clarivate]] bought ProQuest from [[Cambridge Information Group]] for $5.3 billion in what was described as a "huge deal in the library and information publishing world". Clarivate said that the operational concept behind the acquisition was integrating ProQuest's products and applications with [[Web of Science]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Milliot |first1=Jim |last2=Albanese |first2=Andrew |title=Clarivate to Buy ProQuest for $5.3 Billion |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/86387-clarivate-to-buy-proquest-for-5-3-billion.html |date=2021-05-17 |access-date=2021-12-04 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |archive-date=December 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204125458/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/86387-clarivate-to-buy-proquest-for-5-3-billion.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Clarivate-2021-12-01">{{Cite web| title = Clarivate Successfully Completes Acquisition of ProQuest| date = December 2021| access-date = 2021-12-01| url = https://clarivate.com/news/clarivate-successfully-completes-acquisition-of-proquest/?elqTrackId=82fd75ad29514e7c96e010fd966d16a7&elq=bdb0e760e6eb4cbab51eb032b11f104d&elqaid=18764&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=8085| archive-date = June 4, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220604222541/https://clarivate.com/news/clarivate-successfully-completes-acquisition-of-proquest/?elqTrackId=82fd75ad29514e7c96e010fd966d16a7&elq=bdb0e760e6eb4cbab51eb032b11f104d&elqaid=18764&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=8085| url-status = live}}</ref>