ProQuest creates specialized information resources and technologies that support researchers around the world, from the simple (a recipe from a decades-old newspaper) to the profound (a breakthrough enabled by uncovering new data.)

ProQuest works with libraries around the world, providing billions of pages of digital content that include the world's largest archive of historical and current newspapers, the largest database of dissertations, massive periodical databases, as well as unique sources of information such as monographs, pamphlets, and diaries.

ProQuest partners with all types of content generators to prevent important information from being lost in history -- collections that might never have been digitized. ProQuest makes the content searchable and accessible with innovative discovery technology. This technology allows researchers to find precise information simply and then, enables analysis. In short, ProQuest is central to the global research community.

ProQuest is a world leader in information access and innovation. It has been named to EContent magazine's annual "Companies that Matter Most in the Digital Content Industry" for eight consecutive years. It is an information maven's information company and employees report being fulfilled by the company's mission to propel research.

The company'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 every library to keep huge collections of important works to support research. The company, University Microfilms Inc, came into its own during World War II, when it microfilmed the contents of the British Library to protect it from the wages of war. That collection (called Early English Books) is still an important product for ProQuest and was the cornerstone of the company's first venture into digitizing rare information.