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Aware Search

Aware Search develops technologies that assist users in searching online information sources. We are leading the search software industry into the next phase of user empowerment through the development of user focused assistive search technologies. Aware Search is a group within Stottler Henke Associates, Inc., a software development firm that specializes in applying artificial intelligence to create "smart" systems and tools.

Aware, the first product released by Aware Search, is a desktop application that learns the context of the user's search need and targets results to that context. Aware enhances searches by using contextual information to search more broadly for related results and to filter out less relevant information. Aware lets the user define multiple independent contexts to search different topics simultaneously, and gives the user control over contexts for fine tuning, if desired. Not since the "Advanced Search" page has a search interface technology been introduced to enable users to control and define how search engines perform.

Keith Weinberger
Ph: 206-545-9327
sales@AwareSearch.com

Factiva

Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters Company, provides world-class global news and business information through its Web sites and content integration solutions. Factiva's mission is to be the indispensable provider of business information and customized solutions, which inspire its customers' best business decisions, globally and locally. 

Factiva's business information includes Dow Jones and Reuters Newswires, The Wall Street Journal, and nearly 8,000 other sources from around the world, plus 8,500 business-related Web sites. These sources provide current news, historical articles, local-language articles, market research and investment analyst reports, and stock quotes.

Customer service is key to Factiva's success. With 47 offices in 28 countries and customer help desks covering Europe, Asia and the Americas, the company is committed to ensuring that customers in every part of the world receive the service they require.

LexisNexis

Lexis-Nexis InfoPro Portal www.lexisnexis.com/infopro

www.lexisnexis.com

Majors

Majors association with Baker & Taylor and YBP Library Services make us the nation's leading supplier of books and value-added services to medical, academic & research libraries. The integration of Majors, B&T, and YBP databases has provided our customers with wider and deeper title coverage.

Majors is committed to state-of-the-art technology with personal and friendly service. We understand our customers are integrally associated with the healthcare delivery business and have a need for fast and accurate information. We were there for you in 1909, are here for you now, and have great plans for the future!

John Elliott, New Business Development Representative (Western United States)
YBP Library Services 603-746-3102 ext 3704
jelliott@ybp.com

Jeff P. Ward
Northwest Regional Representative
1401 Lakeway Drive
Dallas, TX 75381-9074
1-800-538-1346 (Voice mail)
214-499-8796 (Cell Phone)
972-353-1300 (Dallas fax)
jward@majors.com

Mark Logic

Mark Logic has developed the first enterprise-class database specifically designed for disparately structured content, effectively unlocking the vast majority of enterprise information that is not easily stored in relational databases. Mark Logic Content Interaction Server was built from the ground up to enable enterprises to analyze, synthesize and enhance business content that, until now, has remained locked inside Microsoft Word documents, PDF files, E-mail, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint and HTML, SGML and XML documents.

Content Interaction Server provides the platform for a new class of content-centric applications that extract value from existing content in order to create new products and services, streamline business processes and enhance existing revenue streams. Mark Logic has garnered a prestigious client list that includes Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Elsevier and the U.S. Department of Defense. The Company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California

Bruce Sanchez, Account Executive
206-499-2221
bruce.sanchez@marklogic.com

650-655-2300

Ovid Technologies

Ovid Technologies is an internationally recognized leader in electronic medical, health and life sciences information solutions. By providing a customizable suite of content, tools and services, Ovid supports the diverse research needs of its 13 million users worldwide - academic, medical, and corporate professionals and students seeking fast, accurate answers to important questions that help to fuel discoveries, explore topics, or research diagnoses.

We help make research smarter, faster, and more effective for users by providing powerful platforms to access premier content, including 1,200 journals, over 160 books and more than 300 databases, with robust software tools and specialized services to browse, search, retrieve and respond to critical information.

Heather Artusio
Ovid Technologies Inc.
5420 Sylmar Avenue, #307
Sherman Oaks, CA 91401
HArtusio@Ovid.com

http://www.ovid.com/site/
products/index.jsp

Prenax

Our vision is to become the clear choice for managing your subscriptions. We pursue our vision by putting a few simple ideas into practice - starting with the end in sight, fusing service and technology, making a smooth transition and minding your claims.

Find out why 98% of client respondents rated Prenax Good or Very Good.

new york 212.599.0247
san francisco 415.354.4010
sales@prenax.com

http://www.prenax.com

Thomson Scientific / Thomson Pharma

Thomson Scientific (a Thomson business) information solutions can be found at www.thomson.com/scientific, providing integrated information solutions to researchers, librarians and other professionals worldwide. By combining authoritative content with innovative technologies, Thomson Scientific offers a broad spectrum of knowledge resources for the academic, government, corporate, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and chemical markets. Information solutions include multidisciplinary journals, patents, web content evaluation tools, bibliographic management products, engineering codes and standards and the world's most comprehensive reference database for life science research.

Thomson Pharma (www.thomsonpharma.com) is a dynamic information solution for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries It features the best scientific, patent, and financial content offered by Thomson businesses. This premium content has been enhanced with powerful search tools and integrated into a single solution that professionals working at all stages of drug development can personalize to suit their needs.