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Pearson Education Launches Research Navigator™ with The New York Times and EBSCO

Upper Saddle River, NJ - January 8, 2003 - Pearson Education, the world's leading educational publisher (a Pearson company, NYSE: PSO), announced the launch of Research Navigator™ (www.researchnavigator.com), a new on-line academic research destination that incorporates archival content from The New York Times and EBSCO, an academic journal and abstract collection.

Available as part of the purchase of any Pearson Education college textbook, the Research Navigator™ site combines three databases - New York Times Search by Subject Archive, EBSCO's ContentSelect™ Academic Journal and Abstract Database and Link Library's "Best of the Web." An exclusive feature to Research Navigator™, The New York Times archive is organized by more than 135 academic subjects and searchable by keywords. Instructors and students can view full-text Times articles from the past year.

The EBSCO ContentSelect™ collection is culled from thousands of academic articles, organized by discipline and is fully searchable. Articles from periodicals such as Newsweek and USA Today are included as well, providing access to topical content from a variety of sources. Pearson Education's Link Library, organized by subject, provides editorially selected "best of the Web" sites and is continually updated to provide relevant and accurate links for research assignments.

"In this information economy, everyone can benefit from developing good research skills -- in school and beyond into professional life," says Will Ethridge, president, Pearson Higher Education and Professional Publishing. "Research Navigator represents the next evolutionary step in the use of the Internet in academic research - while at the same time instilling time-tested research processes and the value of the library down the street."

Helping students understand the steps in the research process is the key goal of Research Navigator™, which also provides in-depth information on conducting library research. The site features extensive research tips written by university professors and authors to address the complexities of the research process. Topics include evaluating source materials; collecting data, both on-line and at the library; Modern Language Association (MLA) and other standards; and maintaining academic integrity.

"The volume of information contained in libraries, ever-growing databases, innumerable Web sites and research materials can overwhelm even the most knowledgeable information seeker," said Thomas Carley, president, News Services, The New York Times. "Resource Navigator provides the best of both on-line and traditional library resources."

"Beyond the vast amounts of organized traditional research content, this site allows students to take full advantage of the best up-to-date Internet research sources as well," says Major Dave Filer, an instructor of political science at the United States Military Academy at West Point. "I particularly like that students have one portal from which to launch their research into a variety of directions. User friendly and instructive, this site will be valuable to students and faculty alike."

Features in Detail: Research Navigator™ Research Guidance

The "Understanding the Research Process" section of Research Navigator™ is comprised of information, guidance, and useful Web links. It directs students step-by-step through the research process and allows professors to save time explaining the intricacies of effective research. Topics include: "Using the Internet for Research," with search engine guides and ratings; "Citing Sources," with citation formats from the MLA; and "Using Your Library," a virtual roadmap -- written by a leading library scientist -- for efficiently navigating the vast resources of the library using electronic databases, Boolean search terms, newsgroups, microfiches, and a host of other tools and resources.

Research Navigator™ is available to be packaged with any Pearson Higher Education textbook from Pearson Allyn & Bacon/Pearson Longman, Pearson Benjamin Cummings, Pearson Custom Publishing, or Pearson Prentice Hall. It will also be automatically available to those using CourseCompass, Pearson Education's interactive on-line learning platform.

About Pearson Education

Educating 100 million people worldwide, Pearson Education is the global leader in integrated educational publishing. With such renowned brands as Prentice Hall, Longman, Addison Wesley, Allyn & Bacon, Scott Foresman, NCS Pearson, Skylight Professional Development, and many others, Pearson Education provides quality professional development, content, assessment tools and educational services in all available media to a worldwide marketplace, spanning the learning continuum from birth through college and beyond.

Pearson Education is part of Pearson (NYSE: PSO), the international media company, whose primary operations also include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group.

About The New York Times Company

The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), a leading media company with 2001 revenues of $3.0 billion, publishes The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and 16 other newspapers; owns eight network-affiliated television stations and two New York radio stations; and has more than 40 Web sites, including NYTimes.com and Boston.com. In 2002 the Company was ranked No. 1 in the publishing industry in Fortune's list of America's Most Admired Companies. Among all 530 companies on the list, the Company ranked No. 1 in quality of products/services and No. 1 in social responsibility. The Company's core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment.

About EBSCO

EBSCO Subscription Services, EBSCO Publishing and EBSCO Book Services form the EBSCO Information Services group. EBSCO provides integrated information resources and management solutions worldwide through print and electronic journal subscription services, reference database development and production, on-line multi-database access and e-commerce book procurement. EBSCO upholds relationships with 60,000 publishers and maintains a database of more than 282,000 serial titles. For more information, visit http://www.ebsco.com.