Encyclopedia.com

Online encyclopedia

Encyclopedia.com

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Type of site

| Online encyclopedia
Available in| English
Owner| Highbeam Research
(Gale)
Created by| Infonautics
Revenue| Display advertising
URL| www.encyclopedia.com
Commercial| Yes
Registration| No
Launched| March 1998; 24 years ago (1998-03)
Current status| Online

Content license

| Copyrighted
OCLC number| 405663034

Encyclopedia.com (also known as HighBeam Encyclopedia[1]) is an online encyclopedia. It aggregates information from other published dictionaries, encyclopedias and reference works including pictures and videos.

## History[edit]

The website was launched by Infonautics in March 1998.[2] Infonautics was acquired by Tucows in August 2001.[3] 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).[4] The business became known as Highbeam Research and was eventually sold to Gale.[5][6] The website is currently operated by Chicago-based company Highbeam Research, a subsidiary of reference publisher Gale, which in itself is a subsidiary of Cengage.[7][5]

## Content[edit]

Encyclopedia.com allows users to access information on a subject from multiple encyclopedias and dictionary sources,[8] 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.[9][10]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Curlie – Reference: Encyclopedias". curlie.org.
2. ^ "Infonautics Launches Encyclopedia.Com". Information Today. Information Today, Inc. 15 (3). March 1998. Archived from the original on 2018-06-14. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
3. ^ Larry Magid (August 15, 2002). "BASICS; A Reference Library On Disc or Online". The New York Times. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
4. ^ Hane, Paula J. (August 26, 2002). "Tucows Sells Two Former Infonautics Services". newsbreaks.infotoday.com. Information Today, Inc.
5. ^ a b "Gale Acquires HighBeam Research, Inc". Cengage. December 15, 2008. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
6. ^ Gwen (December 16, 2008). "Internet News: Gale Acquired HighBeam Research". Websearchguide.ca. Archived from the original on March 5, 2012.
7. ^ Myers, Fort (July 27, 2011). "Partnership With HighBeam Research and Encyclopedia.com". Yippy Inc. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
8. ^ "Wikipedia down? Try these alternatives – gHacks Tech News". ghacks.net. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
9. ^ "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"..."
10. ^ "About Us". Retrieved 7 March 2018.

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