Dialog was created in 1972 and was the world's first online information retrieval system. Today, Dialog is the worldwide leader in providing online-based information services to organizations seeking competitive advantages. Dialog operates in 57 countries around the world and provides the highest levels of customer service to an international professional audience in over 103 countries.

As part of the Deep Web, which is estimated to be 500 times larger than the content accessible via Web search engines, Dialog products offer unparalleled depth and breadth of content coupled with the ability to search with precision and speed. Our products and services, such as Dialog, Dialog Profound, and Dialog DataStar, offer organizations the ability to precisely retrieve data from more than 800 million unique records of key information, accessible via the Internet or through delivery to enterprise
intranets. Our collection of 900 databases handles more than 700,000 searches and delivers over 17 million document page views per month. Content areas include intellectual property, government regulations, social sciences, food and agriculture, news and media, business and finance, reference, energy and environment, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, science and technology, and medicine.

Dialog is a business of The Thomson Corporation. Thomson, with 2003 revenues of US$7.6 billion, is a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers. The Corporation's common shares are listed on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges (TSX: TOC; NYSE: TOC).


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