Techstreet Offers Aid and Information for Disaster Recovery
Generous Support from ASTM, API, ASCE and AWWA Fuels Donation to Red Cross
Ann Arbor, MI USA - September 12, 2005 Today, Techstreet, a business unit of the Thomson Corporation,
announced that it will donate 1% of sales from all ASTM, API, ASCE and AWWA standards directly to Hurricane
Katrina Red Cross relief efforts. Standards from these publishers are critical in disaster preparedness and
recovery, search and rescue, public health, and design and construction.
Techstreet, a licensed reseller of engineering codes and standards, operates an e-commerce website
representing over 350 standards developing organizations worldwide. Organizations participating in the
disaster recovery program will donate a portion of their sales through the Techstreet website. They include
ASTM International, American Petroleum Institute (API), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and
American Water Works Association (AWWA). The program is in effect September 5 through November 30, 2005.
"It is important to note that engineering standards will provide mission-critical information to the
thousands of recovery specialists and engineers who are working to rebuild New Orleans and other areas
affected by the hurricane," said Gary Smith, Vice President and General Manager of Techstreet. "For quick
and easy access, we have created links to specialized collections, including building reconstruction,
demolition, disaster preparedness and recovery, flood prevention, water/wastewater treatment, pumps and
hydraulics, and more. These quick links will help engineers find the information they need faster and easier.
We especially want to thank our business partners at ASTM, API, ASCE and AWWA for their generous support to
the relief effort."
About Techstreet
Techstreet provides vital information resources and management tools to over 90,000 engineers, corporate
librarians and technical professionals worldwide. Through it's e-commerce website, www.techstreet.com,
customers can search over 250,000 technical information titles, including one of the world's largest
online databases of industry codes and standards. Founded in 1997, Techstreet web-based tools and services
help customers efficiently acquire and manage information. Techstreet was acquired by The Thomson
Corporation in 2003 and is now part of the Thomson Scientific and Healthcare business group.
About The Thomson Corporation
The Thomson Corporation (www.thomson.com), with 2004 revenues of $8.10 billion, is a global leader in
providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers. Thomson provides
value-added information, software tools and applications to more than 20 million users in the fields of
law, tax, accounting, financial services, higher education, reference information, corporate e-learning
and assessment, scientific research and healthcare. With operational headquarters in Stamford, Conn.,
Thomson has approximately 38,000 employees and provides services in approximately 130 countries.
The Corporation's common shares are listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC).
Thomson scientific information solutions can be found at www.thomson.com/scientific and include Techstreet
offering a wide variety of engineering codes and standards;
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SM facilitating discovery by offering seamless navigation to
high-quality, multidisciplinary journal (
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(
Derwent World Patents Index® ), and Web content, evaluation tools,
and bibliographic management products (
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and biotechnology markets;
Delphion® providing access to full-text patent
documents from the world's leading patent authorities; and
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Contact Information:
Betsy Henrichs
Marketing Manager
Techstreet
734-913-3935
betsy.henrichs@thomson.com
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Rodney Yancey
Manager, Corporate Communications
Thomson Scientific
215-386-0100 extension 1396
rodney.yancey@thomson.com
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