Editing ProQuest (section)

==Businesses==
ProQuest was founded as a [[Microform|microfilm]] publisher.<ref>[http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blog/microfilm-s-75th-anniversary Microfilm's 75th Anniversary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140612193049/http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blog/microfilm-s-75th-anniversary |date=June 12, 2014 }}, retrieved June 15, 2014</ref> It began publishing doctoral dissertations in 1939,<ref>Thistlethwaite, Polly (2013). [https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_pubs/86/ "Publish. Perish?: The academic author and open access publishing"]. ''Media Authorship'' (edited by Cynthia Chris, David A. Gerstner). Routledge. p. 274.</ref> has published more than 3 million searchable dissertations and theses,<ref>[http://www.proquest.com/libraries/academic/dissertations-theses/ Dissertations & Theses], retrieved June 15, 2014</ref>{{primary source inline|date=March 2018}} and is designated as an offsite digital archive for the [[United States Library of Congress]].<ref>[http://www.proquest.com/products-services/pqdtglobal.html ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802103337/http://www.proquest.com/products-services/pqdtglobal.html |date=August 2, 2014 }}, retrieved September 6, 2014</ref><ref name=LoCpr/> The company's scholarly content includes dissertations and theses, primary source material, ebooks, scholarly journals,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32778330/detroit_free_press/|title=Briefly|date=26 March 1991|work=Detroit Free Press|publisher=Knight Ridder|issue=326|volume=160|page=E1|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 12, 2019|archive-date=February 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216124820/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32778330/detroit_free_press/|url-status=live}}</ref> historical and current newspapers and periodicals, data sources, and other content of interest to researchers.<ref>[http://www.proquest.com/libraries/academic/ ProQuest – Academic] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712025430/http://www.proquest.com/libraries/academic/ |date=July 12, 2014 }}, retrieved June 15, 2014</ref>{{primary source inline|date=March 2018}} ProQuest Video Preservation and Discovery Service allows libraries to preserve and provide access to their proprietary audio and video collections.<ref>[http://www.against-the-grain.com/2014/01/news-announcements-192014/ Against the Grain, News and Announcement 1/9/2014] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903140024/http://www.against-the-grain.com/2014/01/news-announcements-192014/ |date=September 3, 2014 }}, retrieved June 15, 2014</ref>

In May 2014, ProQuest LLC also operated businesses under the following names:<ref name="JiscRelease"/>
* [[R. R. Bowker|Bowker]] provides bibliographic information management solutions to publishers, libraries and booksellers,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121108135337/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=1165718 "RR Bowker LLC – Businessweek"], retrieved May 21, 2014</ref> and is the [[International Standard Book Number|ISBN]] Agency for the United States.<ref>[http://www.bowker.com/en-US/products/default.shtml "Bowker – Products & Services"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328035937/http://www.bowker.com/en-US/products/default.shtml |date=March 28, 2015 }}, retrieved May 21, 2014.</ref>
* [[Dialog (online database)|Dialog]] is an online information service with more than 1.4 billion unique records<ref>[http://www.cig.com/portfolio/information-services/dialog/ Dialog | Cambridge Information Group] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221021753/http://www.cig.com/portfolio/information-services/dialog/ |date=2014-02-21 }}, retrieved May 22, 2014</ref> curated for corporate, business and government researchers, with a focus on pharmaceutical, engineering and patent research.<ref>[http://www.dialog.com/ Dialog, LLC home page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040113065013/http://www.dialog.com/ |date=January 13, 2004 }} retrieved May 22, 2014</ref>
* EBL (Ebook Library), an ebook aggregator with a catalog of titles from academic publishers, serves academic, corporate and research libraries<ref>[https://archive.today/20140522182629/http://www.cig.com/2013/05/15/proquest-completes-acquisition-of-ebl/ "ProQuest completes acquisition of EBL"], retrieved May 22, 2014</ref> while supporting emerging [[Library collection development|collection development]] models such as [[patron-driven acquisition]].<ref>[http://www.proquest.com/about/news/2014/EBL-Unveils-the-New-LibCentral.html "EBL Unveils the New LibCentral"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226152101/https://www.proquest.com/about/news/2014/EBL-Unveils-the-New-LibCentral.html |date=February 26, 2020 }}, retrieved May 22, 2014</ref>
* [[ebrary]] was an online [[digital library]] that offered access to ebook collections, by subscription or a [[perpetual access|perpetual archive]] model, in subject packages tailored for academic, corporate, government, public and high school libraries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ebrary.com/corp/products.jsp |title=ebrary: Pre-Packaged Products |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630014916/http://www.ebrary.com/corp/products.jsp |archive-date=June 30, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>