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Media Contacts Marty Moe ebrary 650-475-8752 marty.moe@ebrary.com    Tish Wagner QuatrainPR 770-725-0585 tishwagner@ebrary.com ebrary Announces Two New Research Databases from D&B and Harris InfoSource January 5, 2004 – Palo Alto, CA – Academic and public libraries may now offer researchers and professionals simultaneous, multi-user access to highly interactive, full-text databases of up-to-date international and U.S. business data from the world’s leading authorities on business information. ebrary® (www.ebrary.com), a leading provider of information distribution and retrieval services, today announced that it has launched two complementary, publisher-branded databases from D&B®, the leading provider of global business information and technology solutions, and D&B subsidiary Harris InfoSource™ , the nation’s quality leader in researching, compiling and providing business information. “By partnering with D&B and Harris, librarians can now provide researchers with a compelling overview of world business statistics and information by country, by industry, or by company,” said Tom Turvey, ebrary’s Vice President, Content & Business Development. “These two new products greatly enhance our portfolio of publisher-branded and aggregated book databases that serve libraries throughout the world.” In a separate press release issued today, ebrary announced Public Library Complete, a new set of databases designed for the public library market. Read the announcement at www.ebrary.com.   D&B International Business Reports™ D&B International Business Reports provides simultaneous, multi-user access to three of D&B’s most popular products for one affordable price: D&B’s Country Report™, Country RiskLine™, & Export Guides™. With timely information from more than 700 reports and guides, the database gives researchers a complete picture of up-to-date international business statistics, trends, and regulations.   Harris InfoSource Industry and Manufacturing Reports™ Harris InfoSource Industry and Manufacturing Reports provide any time, anywhere access to a comprehensive overview of major U.S. industry sectors as well as individual companies. The database currently includes more than 300 updated reports. Like most ebrary databases, D&B International Business Reports and Harris InfoSource Manufacturing Reports offer librarians and end users the following key features and benefits: Simultaneous, multi-user access – content is available at any time, from anywhere. Access to new content added during the subscription term, all at no additional cost. Full-text search within and across documents. Advanced research capabilities through ebrary InfoTools™. Integration with existing ILS systems and digital resources. Machine-Readable Cataloging 21 (MARC 21) records include direct links to each title from the 856 fields. Highlighting, bookmarking, annotating and other tools. Reporting tools and usage statistics that meet International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) standards. Instant and dynamic access to pages from streaming PDF technology that maintains the exact appearance of a document’s printed version. Affordable pricing based on library type and size. Pricing and Availability D&B International Business Reports and Harris InfoSource Manufacturing Reports are available today to libraries worldwide. Pricing is based on a library’s type and size. Libraries that subscribe to both databases receive a discount of over 10% for the combined purchase. For more information, please visit www.ebrary.com/libraries or email sales@ebrary.com. To sign up for a free, 30-day IP-authenticated trial, please visit www.ebrary.com/trialsignup.   About D&B D&B (NYSE: DNB), the leading provider of global business information, tools and insight, has enabled customers to Decide with Confidence for over 160 years. D&B's proprietary DUNSRight(TM) process provides customers with quality information whenever and wherever they need it. This quality information is the foundation of D&B's solutions that customers rely on to make critical business decisions. Customers use D&B Risk Management Solutions to mitigate risk, increase cash flow and drive increased profitability, D&B Sales & Marketing Solutions to increase revenue from new and existing customers, and D&B Supply Management Solutions to identify purchasing savings, manage risk and ensure compliance within the supply base. D&B's E-Business Solutions help customers convert prospects to clients faster. Over 90 percent of the Business Week Global 1000 rely on D&B as a trusted partner to make more confident business decisions. For more information, please visit www.dnb.com.   About Harris InfoSource Harris InfoSource, a D&B company, is the leading source of in-depth business-to-business information on U.S. manufacturers, since 1971. State-of-the-art online databases are published in cooperation with the National Association of Manufacturers. The Harris InfoSource core database is continuously compiled and includes manufacturing and important non-manufacturing companies nationwide. Access to Harris online prospecting database and directory products are available anytime anywhere and feature in-depth company profiles. These profiles include over 30 fields of information plus multiple decision-makers for every firm. Harris InfoSource’s accurate, reliable information enables customers and partners to grow their businesses. For more information, call 800-888-5900.   About ebrary ebrary is a leading provider of information distribution and retrieval services. The company has developed a powerful system that cost-effectively and -efficiently creates highly interactive, online content databases, from which it produces numerous market-specific applications. ebrary was named to the 2003 eContent 100 list of leading companies in the digital content industry. ebrary licenses its unique database technology to organizations that seek to reduce costs, increase revenues and improve efficiency by securely distributing their own content over the Internet. ebrary also uses its own technology to create databases containing content from leading publishers, which it then licenses to libraries and other institutions worldwide. ebrary currently offers over 35,000 full-text books, sheet music titles, maps, reports and other authoritative documents from more than 175 leading academic, trade and professional publishers. The company also operates a consumer-facing site– ebrary Discover – designed for individuals that do not have access to its database collections through their library. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Palo Alto, CA with offices in New York, ebrary is privately held and funded by Random House Ventures LLC, Pearson plc and The McGraw-Hill Companies.   Back to Press Releases...

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