Encyclopedia.com
 Logo of Encyclopedia.com | |
Screenshot Encyclopedia.com homepage | |
Type of site | Reference, Encyclopedia |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | Highbeam Research (Gale) |
| Created by | Infonautics |
| Revenue | Display advertising |
| URL | encyclopedia |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | No |
| Launched | March 1998 |
| Current status | Online |
Content license | Copyrighted |
| OCLC number | 405663034 |
Encyclopedia.com (also known as HighBeam Encyclopedia[2]) is an online encyclopedia. It aggregates information from other published dictionaries, encyclopedias and reference works including pictures and videos. The website is operated by Chicago based company Highbeam Research, a subsidiary of reference publisher Gale, which in itself a subsidiary of Cengage.[3][4]
Encyclopedia.com allows users to access information on a subject from multiple encyclopedias and dictionary sources,[5] and has nearly 200,000 entries and 50,000 topic summaries. It provides a collection of online encyclopedias and entries from various sources, including Oxford University Press, Columbia Encyclopedia and Gale its parent company.[6][7]
The website was launched by Infonautics in March 1998.[8] Infonautics was acquired by Tucows in August 2001. In August 2002, Patrick Spain bought Encyclopedia.com and its sister website eLibrary from Tucows and incorporated them in a new company called Alacritude, LLC (a combination of Alacrity and Attitude).[9] The business became known as Highbeam Research and was eventually sold to Gale.[4][10]
References
- ^ "Encyclopedia.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors". alexa.com. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "Curlie - Reference: Encyclopedias". curlie.org.
- ^ Myers, Fort (2011-07-27). "Partnership With HighBeam Research and Encyclopedia.com". Yippy Inc. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
- ^ a b "Gale Acquires HighBeam Research, Inc". Cengage. 2008-12-15. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
- ^ "Wikipedia down? Try these alternatives - gHacks Tech News". ghacks.net. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
- ^ "Encyclopedia.com | Free Online Encyclopedia". encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2018.
Featured publications from Gale on the homepage: "International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences"; "Cities of the World"; "Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy"...
- ^ "About Us". Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ "Infonautics Launches Encyclopedia.Com". Information Today. 15 (3). Information Today, Inc. March 1998. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ Hane, Paula J. (26 August 2002). "Tucows Sells Two Former Infonautics Services". newsbreaks.infotoday.com. Information Today, Inc.
- ^ Gwen (December 16, 2008). "Internet News: Gale Acquired HighBeam Research". Websearchguide.ca. Archived from the original on March 5, 2012.
External links
- Official website
- Encyclopedia.com at the Wayback Machine (archived December 2, 1998)
- Encyclopedia at Crunchbase
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