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Dialog "Major Conference Partner" With SLA

Company to Announce Quantum² InfoStars & Scholarship Winners at Toronto Conference

CARY, NC, USA (June 2, 2005) — Dialog, a Thomson (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) business and a leading worldwide provider of online-based information services and integrated information solutions, said today it will be a Major Conference Partner with the Special Libraries Association (SLA) by providing program and financial support for the professional association's 2005 Annual Conference meeting next week in Toronto.

Dialog said it will support the SLA conference and the more than 4,000 attendees expected in Toronto by:

• Sponsoring SLA's Leadership Development Institute, a program for SLA chapter presidents and division chairs.

• Helping to defray the costs of more than 30 divisional meetings, which bring together SLA attendees belonging to specific functional and industry divisions.

• Sponsoring the Tuesday, June 7, speech by Bill Buxton, a Toronto-based designer, researcher and writer well known around the world for his expertise in issues of human interaction with technology.

• Presenting three half-day workshops as part of the conference program, each qualifying for SLA continuing education credits.

"The theme that SLA is using for this year's conference is 'impact,' and that is consistent with our programs to help information professionals accomplish more for the organizations they serve," said Libby Trudell, Dialog senior vice president of information professional development. "Our goals and SLA's are the same, and we are delighted to participate in and support the exciting conference planned for Toronto."

Dialog also will announce the North American winners of its annual Quantum 2 InfoStar Awards, given to information professionals whose creativity and innovation are inspirational to others, and its Roger K. Summit Scholarship, the company's scholarship program for graduate students in library and information sciences. Roger K. Summit was the company's founder and today serves as its chairman emeritus.

Both the InfoStars and scholarship initiatives are part of the Dialog Quantum 2 program offering professional education and career development services to information specialists worldwide.

The SLA is expected to award Dialog with its prestigious President's Circle Award and its Major Conference Partner Award in appreciation for the company's support.

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About Dialog and The Thomson Corporation
Dialog, a pioneer in developing the technology behind electronic information retrieval, 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, the online services provided by Dialog — offered through the Dialog®, Dialog Profound®, Dialog DataStar®, Dialog NewsEdge® and Dialog Intelliscope® brands — give users the ability to precisely retrieve data from more than 1.4 billion unique records, accessible via the Internet or through delivery to enterprise intranets. Searchable content includes articles and reports from thousands of real-time news feeds, newspapers, broadcast transcripts and trade publications, plus research reports and analyst notes providing support for financial decision-making, as well as in-depth repositories of scientific and technical data, patents, trademarks and other intellectual property data. Information professionals and end-users at business, professional and government organizations in more than 100 countries prize Dialog services for their depth and breadth of content, precision searching and speed.

Based in Cary, N.C., USA, Dialog has operations in 27 other countries. Dialog (www.dialog.com) is a business of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC). With 2004 revenues of US$8.1 billion, Thomson (www.thomson.com) is a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers.

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