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Dialog's Info Pro Portal Streamlines Access to Dialog Products and Services
Provides Custom Access to a Wide Range of Solutions for Information Professionals

5 December 2000, London, UK. Dialog, a Thomson Company, today showcases its new web portal for professional searchers (www.dialog.com/infopro) at the Online Information 2000 Conference & Exhibition at Olympia, London.

Designed to address global feedback from Dialog users - information professionals at major corporations - the Info Pro Portal demonstrates a firm commitment to that community as a genuinely international site.

"We created an easy-to-use portal to meet the unique needs of each user. It's one way of adding value for our most important customers, and the portal will continue to evolve as their needs change and the role they play in their organisations increases in importance," said Betty Jo Hibberd, Dialog's Information Professional Market Manager.

Three zones in one portal

Info Pro Portal users will find three zones for quick and convenient information. One zone focuses on general resources for information professionals, such as industry news, links to tools, and career information; Dialog Quick Links for search products and resources, E-zine subscriptions; and links to country pages for Dialog's global customers.

The middle zone provides continuous updates about Dialog's products and future development plans. For online discussion regarding topics of interest in the market or suggestions for the portal, the user can access "A Dialog for Information Professionals". Users may also search the Web using a next-generation search engine, WebCheck. Dialog resources for the information professional, includes free access to Dialog's Journal Name Finder file and links to SolutionBase, Dialog's online customer support tool for frequently asked questions, search solutions, tips and technical support.

The final zone offers non-Dialog subscribers pay-per-document access to Dialog's vast information resources through credit card billing. Searching is free, and users pay only for the information they choose.

"Dialog's Info Pro Portal has been developed in response to our customer's actual requests. Meeting the individual needs of the information professional and catering for the occasional user, the Portal supports our commitment to continue supplying premier content to our customers while providing first class customer service." Ciaran Morton, President - Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific.

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