Contact: Michael Miyazaki
(301) 961-6761 or E-mail: mmiyazaki@csa.com

For Immediate Release

CSA Databases Expanded with American Society of Civil Engineers Records & Thesaurus Terms

BETHESDA, Maryland, USA (27 May 2004) -- Technology databases from CSA will now benefit from the addition of records and thesaurus terms provided by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The agreement will expand CSA’s technology thesauri by approximately 4,000 terms and CSA’s databases by about 100,000 records. The new records will appear primarily in CSA Civil Engineering Abstracts as well as in CSA Engineering Research Database and CSA Technology Research Database.

“We are particularly pleased to be working with ASCE to enhance our database offerings,” said Matt Dunie, president of CSA. “These additions ensure that our databases provide the most complete, accurate coverage of the literature on civil engineering available.”

Bruce Gossett, Managing Director of ASCE Publications, commented "Both CSA's and ASCE's databases are highly regarded in the engineering field. By combining our information resources into a single product, we are able to offer to the civil engineering profession a valuable new research tool."

Founded in 1852, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) represents more than 133,000 members of the civil engineering profession worldwide, and is America's oldest national engineering society. The society has a mission to provide essential value to our members, their careers, our partners and the public by developing leadership, advancing technology, advocating lifelong learning, and promoting the profession. ASCE celebrated its 150 th anniversary in 2002.

CSA, a Cambridge Information Group company, is a leading publisher of bibliographic databases and print journals used by more than 4,000 research institutions worldwide. CSA annually publishes more than 700,000 abstracts culled from more than 14,000 sources. Its award-winning Internet Database Service provides Web access to more than 100 bibliographic databases covering major areas of research including materials science, environmental sciences and pollution management, biological sciences, aquatic sciences and fisheries, biotechnology, engineering, computer science, sociology, information technology, art history, political science, and linguistics.

For further information, contact Michael Miyazaki, Marketing Manager, CSA (Tel. +1 301 961 6761 / E-mail: mmiyazaki@csa.com).

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