HighBeam Research
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HighBeam Research is a paid search engine and fulltext online archive owned by Cengage Learning (through its Gale subsidiary) for newspapers, magazines, academic journals, newswires, trade magazines and encyclopedias in English. It is headquartered in Suite 900 in the One North State building in the Chicago Loop, Chicago, Illinois, United States.[1]
History
The company was established in August 2002 after Patrick Spain, who had just sold Hoover's, which he had cofounded, bought eLibrary and Encyclopedia.com from Tucows. The new company was called Alacritude, LLC (a combination of Alacrity and Attitude). ELibrary had a library of 1,200 newspaper, magazine and radio/ TV transcript archives that were generally not freely available.[2]
Original investors included Prism Opportunity Fund of Chicago and 1 to 1 Ventures of Stamford, Connecticut.
Spain stated, "There was a glaring gap between free search like Google and high-end offerings like LexisNexis and Factiva."[3]
Later in 2002, it bought Researchville.com. By 2003, it had increased its archive base to articles from 2,600 publishers. In 2004, it was renamed HighBeam Research. In 2005, it increased its publisher base to 3,500 publishers. In 2006, Oxford University Press, Knight Ridder and The Washington Post archives were added. In 2008, it was purchased by Cengage.[4]
Highbeam Research is a partner in the Womensforum network and is a major content provider for the new Womensforum women's issues research website.[5]
Content
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In all HighBeam has over 6,556 publications. However, only fulltext access is provided. No complete issues of papers are included.
The site includes deep archives from newspapers, newswires, and arts magazines such as: Associated Press, Apollo, The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, The Economist, The Independent, The International Herald Tribune, The Jerusalem Post, The Nation, The Spectator, Newsweek, and The Washington Post.
Among the legal journals covered by HighBeam Research are Harvard Law Review, Yale Law Journal, and Duke Law Journal.
Trade magazines such as Advertising Age, Crain's Chicago Business, Beef Today, AutoWeek, and Doors and Hardware are also included.
Among the academic journals in HighBeam are The Journal of Cancer Research and Therapies, The Journal of autoimmune diseases, The Journal of Education research, and The Journal of Social Psychology.
Among the reference books are some titles from Oxford University Press, including dictionaries, usage guides, and almanacs.
References
- ^ "Contact Us." HighBeam Research. Retrieved on September 24, 2012. "HighBeam Research c/o Cengage Learning 1 North State Street Suite 900 Chicago, IL 60602 USA"
- ^ "About Us – highbeam.com – Retrieved March 23, 2012". Highbeam.com. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
- ^ "Q&A: Patrick Spain, Founder HighBeam – internetnews – February 24, 2004". Internetnews.com. 2004-02-20. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
- ^ Posted by Gwen at December 16, 2008 02:17 AM (2008-12-16). "Gale Acquired HighBeam Research – December 16, 2008". Websearchguide.ca. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Highbeam.com. "Highbeam Research is a WomensForum Network Partner". Womensforum.com. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
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