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ProQuest connects people with vetted, reliable information. Key to serious research, the company has forged a 70-year reputation as a gateway to the world's knowledge – from dissertations to governmental and cultural archives to news, in all its forms. Its role is essential to libraries and other organizations whose missions depend on the delivery of complete, trustworthy information. ProQuest's massive information pool is accessible through the all-new ProQuest® platform, which moves beyond navigation to empower researchers to use, create, and share content—accelerating research productivity. This energetic, fast-growing organization includes the Summon™ web-scale discovery service, the new ProQuest Dialog™ service, and business units ebrary®, Serials Solutions®, RefWorks-COS™, and Bowker®.

ProQuest's passion for information access and innovation dates from its founding in 1938 as a pioneer in microfilm. Founder Eugene Power was intrigued by microfilm's ability to preserve a crumbling page and allow libraries to keep huge collections of important works. The company came into its own during World War II, when it microfilmed the contents of the British Library to protect the world's scholarship from the wages of war. Recently, ProQuest breathed new life into its mature microfilm products with the innovative use of technology. Now ProQuest's microfilm products are available via the web from anywhere.