Infotrieve Signs Content Agreements With 10 Leading Publishers; Online STM Article Retrieval & Delivery Database Now Tops 2 Million.

Business Editors/High-Tech & Medical/Science Writers

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 2002

Infotrieve said today that it has signed content agreements with ten leading publishers in the scientific, technical and medical (STM) fields for inclusion in its online article retrieval and delivery service, increasing the pool of articles available electronically to over two million.

Infotrieve is the world's leading provider of professional journal article distribution services on an on-demand basis, and a leading provider of Web-enabled virtual library platforms and outsourced information services to corporate and institutional customers. The company also offers its new eDocLink service, through which many articles may be delivered in PDF format.

The ten publishers now making their content available through Infotrieve are:

-- American Physiological Society (APS), which fosters scientific research, education and dissemination of scientific information. APS publishes a spectrum of physiological journals and books that provide current, usable information to the physiological community worldwide. www.the-aps.org

-- American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP), representing biomedical scientists who investigate mechanisms of disease. ASIP publishes the American Journal of Pathology, a frequently cited publication in the pathology field. www.asip.org

-- BMJ Publishing Group, the innovative commercial division of the British Medical Association and publishers of leading books and journals covering all major medical specialties. The Group's flagship weekly journal, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was founded in 1840. www.bmjpg.com

-- The British Psychological Society, which publishes research and related information for psychologists in the United Kingdom and beyond. Established in 1901, the Society's mission is to promote the advancement of the study of psychology and its applications, and to maintain high standards of professional education and conduct. The Society has over 34,000 members. www.bps.org.uk

-- The Company of Biologists, a United Kingdom-based non-profit organization founded in 1925 promoting biological research through its publications and through grants and fellowships for scientists and scientific societies. www.biologists.org

-- IEE (Institute of Electrical Engineers), the largest professional engineering society in Europe. Founded in 1871, the IEE publishes a wide range of titles in the fields of electrical and electronic engineering, physics, computing, control and software engineering, and related subjects in information technology. www.iee.org/Publish

-- New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Since 1921, the Massachusetts Medical Society has published the NEJM. Established in 1812, the NEJM is the oldest continuously published medical journal in the world. The NEJM informs researchers and practicing physicians worldwide through print and online versions, continuing medical education programs and symposia. www.nejm.org

-- Pharmaceutical Press, the publications division of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. For over 150 years, Pharmaceutical Press has published a wide range of books related to the disciplines of pharmacy, pharmacology and the pharmaceutical sciences. www.pharmpress.com

-- Society for Neuroscience, a non-profit organization of American scientists and physicians who study the brain and nervous system. The Society's primary mission is to foster the exchange of information among researchers via its scholarly journal, the Journal of Neuroscience. www.sfn.org

-- Urban & Fischer, one of the largest STM publishers in Germany. The company publishes medical texts and nearly 60 journals, and collaborates with many international German scientific and specialty societies. www.urbanfischer.de/journals

About Infotrieve

Infotrieve (www.infotrieve.com) specializes in delivering articles and reports from scholarly and professional journals and conference proceedings to customers in the scientific, medical and technology (STM) communities and academic institutions worldwide. The company also works with corporations to best manage their inventories of STM research, including providing library staffing, warehousing and cataloging outsourcing services. Infotrieve offers Web-based, on-demand article ordering and delivery, as well as other means of customer service. The company maintains a fast-growing electronic network of scholarly and professional journals, conference proceedings and standards (currently 10,000+ sources), through which users can search and retrieve documents as needed. Founded in 1987, Infotrieve is based in Los Angeles and has offices elsewhere in the U.S. and in Australia and Germany.