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Canada is the Technology Leader with Early Adoption of Internet VS CD-ROM Subscriptions

OTTAWA, CANADA - May 26, 1998 - The Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC) announced that Canada is leading the pack when it comes to using technology as a tool to provide better service.

SPORTDiscus is the world's primary bibliographic database of sport information. Over the past 25 years, SPORTDiscus has evolved from a printed reference tool to an electronic resource distributed on CD-ROM. The latest version of SPORTDiscus maximizes the power of the Internet by providing easy access to sport and fitness information from remote locations. Using the live links embedded in the reference, users can connect directly to publishers' websites as well as to SIRCExpress the document photocopy service offered by SIRC. Everyone is looking for immediate access to information. The time and effort saved by using one tool to search, locate and deliver the information is invaluable.

Since databases have been available on the Internet, clients throughout the world have been adopting this newer technology. "Our statistics show that Canadians are by far the fastest to embrace the benefits of the product enhancements available on the Internet version of SPORTDiscus," says Gilles Chiasson, President of SIRC.

SPORTDiscus Sales Distribution per Country

	Internet	CD-ROM
Canada	56%	44%
USA	44%	56%
Australia	40%	60%
England	7%	93%
Japan	3%	97%

Note: SPORTDiscus is sold in over 50 countries, the above table represents a sampling of sales statistics based on the past 12 months.

"These statistics are consistent with most products in our industry and are indicative of the fact that the technology used varies by geographic region" commented Melissa Kaus, Product Manager, SilverPlatter USA.

Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC), the world leader in identifying and disseminating sport information, is a non-profit organization based in Canada which serves the global sporting, academic, medical and corporate communities. Products and services available from SIRC include SPORTQuest (the award winning Web site for sport information), SPORTDiscus, SIRCDetective (a pay per search service available over the Internet), SPORTInfoAlert (a free email awareness service) and SIRCExpress (a document photocopy service). MicroMedia distributes SPORTDiscus in Canada. SPORTDiscus is sold throughout the world through SilverPlatter and OVID Technologies.

Debra Gassewitz

President and CEO

SIRC

Tel : +1 (613) 231-7472, Ext 224

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