EBSCOhost^® to be the Only Platform for CINAHL^® and SPORTDiscus™ Databases

IPSWICH, Mass.— April 6, 2006— As the result of two acquisitions occurring during the last three years, EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) now owns and publishes CINAHL^® and SPORTDiscus™. Although there are only a limited number of platforms through which these databases are available, EBSCO has notified these distributors of its intent to not renew their distribution agreements for these products. In the future, these products will be made available exclusively via EBSCOhost^®, which is currently the most used platform for these databases worldwide. As has been policy since its inception in 1995, EBSCO will continue to make EBSCOhost available to our customers with no platform fee.

EBSCO encourages customers that have been accessing these databases on another platform to begin the transition to the EBSCOhost platform. EBSCO is offering a transitional period for customers using CINAHL and/or SPORTDiscus databases on platforms other than EBSCOhost, where the EBSCOhost version will be provided at no charge for the last six months of a subscription period.

Libraries will experience considerable advantages from this transition to accessing CINAHL and/or SPORTDiscus via EBSCOhost. For example, with regard to the CINAHL database, customers will experience:

• Superior currency with the addition of PreCINAHL available at no additional charge for CINAHL subscribers
• Searchable cited references at no additional charge
• Author profiles at no additional charge
• Versions with hundreds of unique full text journals available for an additional fee
• Versions with large backfiles of indexing, abstracts, and PDFs available for an additional fee
• No platform fee will be charged for EBSCOhost

Any questions regarding CINAHL or SPORTDiscus access can be directed to EBSCO at information@epnet.com.

EBSCO Publishing is part of the EBSCO Information Services group. EBSCO Information Services provides libraries and research centers with online and print journal subscription services, e-resource access and management services, full-text and secondary database development and access, an OpenURL-compliant link resolver, online book purchasing and related information services. EBSCO maintains a title database of more than 300,000 title listings and upholds relationships with more than 78,000 publishers around the world. EBSCO’s 32 Regional Offices worldwide are staffed with personnel who speak the local language and understand the particular challenges faced by librarians in their areas, offering a uniquely personal level of service. Specialized divisions serve academic, biomedical, government, public, school and special libraries as well as corporations. For more information, visit www.ebsco.com.