Editing ProQuest (section)

=== 2000s ===
During the 2000–2004 fiscal years, as well as the first three quarters of the 2005 fiscal year, ProQuest systematically overstated its net income. Cumulatively, pre-tax profits were overstated by 129.9 million dollars (or about 31 percent).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/2008/comp20650.pdf |title=SEC Complaint vs. Scott Hirth and ProQuest Company [in 2008] known as Voyager Learning Company |publisher=United States Securities and Exchange Commission |access-date=October 30, 2014 |archive-date=March 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323013721/http://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/2008/comp20650.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2008, Voyager Learning Company and ProQuest's CFO (from the time of the earnings overstatements) settled SEC "charges without admitting or denying the allegations of the SEC's complaint".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/news/press/2008/2008-147.htm |title=Press Release: SEC Charges Ann Arbor-Based Company and Former Executive in Accounting Fraud Scheme |publisher=United States Securities and Exchange Commission |access-date=October 30, 2014 |archive-date=March 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316114343/http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2008/2008-147.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2001 ProQuest acquired Norman Ross Publishing, a small New York based microfilm publisher.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rosspub.com/normanbio.html|title=Untitled Page|website=www.rosspub.com|access-date=April 15, 2014|archive-date=November 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127123825/http://rosspub.com/normanbio.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2002 ProQuest acquired bigchalk.com, a company founded in 1999 with the combined assets of ProQuest's K-12 division and Infonautics Inc.'s K-12 business.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/proquest-signs-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-bigchalk-77209637.html|title=ProQuest Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire bigchalk|author=ProQuest|website=prnewswire.com|access-date=2017-05-23}}</ref>{{dead link|date=March 2025}}

In 2004, ProQuest Information and Learning acquired Seattle start-up [[Serials Solutions]], a venture providing access management and search services for content hosted by other companies.

Also in 2004, the company acquired Copley Publishing Group.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3328/is_/ai_n26177247 |title=ProQuest Information and Learning has acquired Copley Publishing Group, Inc. |date= May 2004 |publisher=findarticles.com}}</ref>

In 2005, three ProQuest executives formed a distribution company called National Archive Publishing Co, of XanEdu, UMI, and Digital Service Operations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Archive Publishing Company Formed By Prior Management Team |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/221827164 |id={{ProQuest|221827164}} |access-date=October 24, 2023 |archive-date=November 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115165913/https://www.proquest.com/docview/221827164 |url-status=live }}</ref> The building that would house this new company stood at 300 Zeeb Road in [[Scio, Michigan]], home to nearly 6 billion pages of information.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Archive Publishing Co. |website=[[Library of Congress]] |url=https://www.loc.gov/flicc/svcdir/an.html |access-date=October 24, 2023 |archive-date=October 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030005307/https://www.loc.gov/flicc/svcdir/an.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2006, ProQuest Company, then the parent company of ProQuest Information and Learning, sold it to [[Cambridge Information Group]], owner of [[R. R. Bowker]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Cambridge Information Group Timeline |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141020173911/http://www.ulib.niu.edu/publishers/CIG.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-10-20 |url=http://www.ulib.niu.edu/publishers/index.htm |work=The Academic Publishing Industry: A Story of Merger and Acquisition |author= Mary H. Munroe |year=2004 |via= Northern Illinois University }}</ref> From the time of this sale, this article follows the history of ProQuest Information and Learning, not ProQuest Company.  (ProQuest Company subsequently renamed itself to Voyager Learning Company, and later became part of [[Cambium Learning Group]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cambiumlearning.investorroom.com/index.php?s=52&cat=1 |title=Cambium Learning Group Inc. – Investor Relations – Management Team |access-date=October 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031081311/http://cambiumlearning.investorroom.com/index.php?s=52&cat=1 |archive-date=October 31, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>)

In 2007, ProQuest Information and Learning was merged with [[CSA (database company)|CSA]] to form ProQuest CSA. Later that year it was renamed ProQuest LLC.

In 2008, ProQuest LLC acquired complete ownership of [[RefWorks]], a web-based [[citation manager]] of which it had been part owner since 2001. RefWorks was merged with ProQuest's existing [[Community of Science]] (COS) business to form RefWorks/COS.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.proquest.co.uk/en-UK/aboutus/pressroom/08/20080118.shtml |title=ProQuest acquires RefWorks |publisher=ProQuest LLC |date=January 18, 2008 |access-date=February 2, 2012 |archive-date=September 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912204714/http://www.proquest.co.uk/en-UK/aboutus/pressroom/08/20080118.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Also in 2008, ProQuest acquired [[Dialog (online database)|Dialog]], a major online database firm, from [[Thomson Reuters]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.proquest.com/en-US/aboutus/pressroom/08/20080701.shtml |title=ProQuest acquires Dialog |publisher=ProQuest LLC. |date=July 1, 2008 |access-date=March 6, 2009 |archive-date=September 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917034024/http://www.proquest.com/en-US/aboutus/pressroom/08/20080701.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://scientific.thomsonreuters.com/press/2008/8458603/ |title=ProQuest signs agreement to acquire Dialog business from Thomson Reuters |publisher=scientific.thomsonreuters.com |date=June 12, 2008 |access-date=January 18, 2009 |archive-date=November 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120095252/http://scientific.thomsonreuters.com/press/2008/8458603/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>