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Dialog Says DataStar™ to be Available Free to Library Schools

LOS ANGELES, June 12, 2002 — Dialog, a Thomson (TSX:TOC) business and a leading worldwide provider of online-based information services and integrated information solutions, today announced that its DataStar™Web service will be available without charge to library schools worldwide in September 2002.

DataStarWeb is one of the services provided under the DataStar brand offered by Dialog.

"DataStar is known among information professionals as the world's leading source of content relevant to certain industries, such as pharmaceuticals and the biomedical arena. The service is particularly well known in European and Asia Pacific markets. But until now library schools have not had the means to readily make DataStar available to students as part of an industry-specific training regime," said Libby Trudell, Dialog senior vice president of information professional market development. "We are delighted to announce our new program to help library schools better prepare their students for the professional assignments that await them."

The company made the announcement at the 93rd Annual Conference of the Special Libraries Association, which is meeting here this week. Dialog said interested library schools may access additional information at gep.dialog.com.

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About Dialog
Founded in 1972 by Dr. Roger K. Summit, a pioneer in developing the technology behind electronic information retrieval, Dialog is the world leader in providing online-based information services to organizations seeking competitive advantages in such fields as business, science, engineering, finance and law.

Today, Dialog's three online platforms — Dialog®, Profound® and DataStar™ — offer users the ability to precisely retrieve data from more than 1.2 billion unique records, accessible via the Internet or through delivery to enterprise intranets. The content available ranges from articles and reports published in thousands of publications to in-depth repositories of patents, trademarks and other intellectual property data.

Corporate librarians, knowledge managers and other information professionals at more than 25,000 business, professional and government organizations in more than 100 countries prize Dialog services for their depth and breadth of content, precision searching and speed.

Headquartered in Cary, N.C., USA, with direct operations in 32 countries throughout North American, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, South Africa and the Asia Pacific, Dialog is a business of The Thomson Corporation. For more information about Dialog, please visit www.dialog.com. Or, please call (U.S./Canada) 800-3-DIALOG or (U.S.) 919-462-8600. Dialog's London office may be reached at (44) (0) 207-940-6900.

About The Thomson Corporation
The Thomson Corporation (www.thomson.com), with 2001 revenues of $7.2 billion, is a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers. Thomson provides value-added information and technology to more than 20 million users in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services, higher education, reference information, corporate training and assessment, scientific research and healthcare. The Corporation's common shares are listed on the Toronto stock exchange (TSX:TOC).

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