Encyclopedia.com
Logo of Encyclopedia.com
Logo of Encyclopedia.com
Type of site
Online encyclopedia
Available inEnglish
OwnerGale
Created byInfonautics
RevenueDisplay advertising
URLwww.encyclopedia.com Edit this at Wikidata
CommercialYes
RegistrationNo
LaunchedMarch 1998; 26 years ago (1998-03)
Current statusOnline
Content license
Copyrighted
OCLC number405663034

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

History

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] For a time the website was operated by Chicago-based company Highbeam Research, a subsidiary of reference publisher Gale, which itself is a subsidiary of Cengage.[7][5]

Content

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

  1. ^ "Curlie – Reference: Encyclopedias". curlie.org. Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  2. ^ "Infonautics Launches Encyclopedia.Com". Information Today. 15 (3). Information Today, Inc. 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. Archived from the original on August 10, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  4. ^ Hane, Paula J. (August 26, 2002). "Tucows Sells Two Former Infonautics Services". newsbreaks.infotoday.com. Information Today, Inc. Archived from the original on March 12, 2011. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Gale Acquires HighBeam Research, Inc". Cengage. December 15, 2008. Archived from the original on April 22, 2021. 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. Archived from the original on 2018-03-25. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  8. ^ "Wikipedia down? Try these alternatives – gHacks Tech News". ghacks.net. 21 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2023-03-27. 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". Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2018.

External links

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia.com