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Thomson Gale Launches Academic OneFile at ALA National Conference

New Services for Academic Market Offered Through Collaboration with Thomson Scientific

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., June 22, 2006 – At the ALA National Conference, Thomson Gale, part of the Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) , will unveil the newest addition to the InfoTrac® suite of full-text products – Academic OneFile.

Directed primarily at academic researchers, Academic OneFile is a collection of more than 8,000 journals with full manual indexing, a robust backfile and coverage of a variety of academic disciplines -- from science, technology and medicine to the humanities. With the majority of the content peer-reviewed and available in full-text with no restrictions, users are able to access content quickly and conduct comprehensive research effortlessly. Content is provided in both HTML and PDF formats.

In addition to all of the services available through the new Thomson Gale PowerSearch platform, a number of new services will be offered through collaboration with Thomson Scientific for mutual subscribers. Academic OneFile users will be able to view cited references, citing articles, and related records from Thomson Scientific’s Web of Science® and will be able to view current and historical information on a journal's Impact Factor seamlessly from the Journal Citation Reports® . Further, Thomson Scientific Web of Knowledge® users will be able to link to the full-text of an article right from Academic OneFile.

“Academic OneFile builds on the great success of Expanded Academic ASAP and serves as a great resource for the advanced researcher,” said Nader Qaimari, director of Thomson Gale PowerSearch and InfoTrac® . “Given Thomson Scientific’s esteemed reputation for providing the most comprehensive academic resources, collaborating with them is a great advancement for InfoTrac® .”

"Thomson Gale has long been recognized as a world leader in e-research and educational publishing," said Jim Pringle, vice president, product development, Thomson Scientific. "We are pleased to work with Thomson Gale to make InfoTrac an even more valuable resource."

Academic OneFile also features a continued linking arrangement with JSTOR for a large number of periodicals, as well as full OpenURL compliance for e-journal and subscription access. In addition to all of the premier journals, subscribers can also access full-text New York Times articles from 1995 to present; hundreds of podcasts; video; audio and transcripts from sources such as NPR. Subscription to Academic OneFile includes access to the following cross-searchable databases, each containing unique reference and periodical content:

Business and Company ASAP
Communications and Mass Media
Computer Database
Criminal Justice Collection
Diversity Studies Collection
Educator's Collection
Environmental Studies and Policy
Expanded Academic ASAP ®
Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues
General Business File ASAP
General Reference Center Gold
General Science Collection
Health Reference Center Academic
Information Science and Library Issues
InfoTrac Nursing and Allied Health
Insurance and Liability Collection
LegalTrac ®
Military and Intelligence Database
Pop Culture Collection
Psychology Collection
Religion & Philosophy Collection
Small Business Collection
Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy Database
Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure
US History Collection
Vocations, Careers and Technical Education
War and Terrorism Collection
World and Ancient History Collection

Qaimari will showcase Academic OneFile and Thomson Gale PowerSearch at the ALA Vendor Show during the ALA National Convention. Qaimari’s presentation will be held at the Royal St. Theater on Sunday, June 25, from 3:20 p.m. to 3:50 p.m. The product will be available for subscription in July.

For more information on Academic OneFile, contact Vanessa Birch at vanessa.birch@cengage.com.

About The Thomson Corporation and Thomson Gale

The Thomson Corporation (www.thomson.com), with 2005 revenues of $8.70 billion, is a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers. Thomson provides value-added information, software tools and applications to more than 20 million users in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services, higher education, reference information, corporate e-learning and assessment, scientific research and healthcare. With operational headquarters in Stamford, Conn., Thomson has approximately 40,000 employees and provides services in approximately 130 countries. The Corporation's common shares are listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC). Thomson Gale™ ( http://www.gale.com/) serves the world’s information and education needs through its vast and dynamic content pools, which are used by students and consumers in their libraries, schools and on the Internet. It is best known for the accuracy, breadth and convenience of its data, addressing all types of information needs – from homework help to health questions to business profiles – in a variety of formats – books and eBooks, databases and microfilm.