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| name = Encyclopedia.com | logo = Encyclopedia.com logo.jpg | logo_size = | logo_alt = Logo of Encyclopedia.com | logo_caption = Logo of Encyclopedia.com | screenshot = | collapsible = yes | collapsetext = Screenshot | background = gainsboro | screenshot_size = | screenshot_alt = Encyclopedia.com homepage screenshot | caption = Encyclopedia.com homepage | url = {{URL|encyclopedia.com}} | commercial = Yes | type = Reference, Encyclopedia | registration = No | language = English | num_users = | content_license = Copyrighted | programming_language = | owner = Highbeam Research (Gale) | creator = Infonautics | editor = | launch_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1998|03}} | revenue = Display advertising | alexa = {{Increase}} 12,899 (November 2018)[1] | ip = | issn = | oclc = 405663034 | current_status = Online | footnotes = }}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. It received Codie awards in 2009 and 2010.[3] The website is operated by Chicago based company Highbeam Research a subsidiary of reference publisher Gale itself a subsidiary of Cengage.[4][5] 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.[10][11] References1. ^{{cite web |title=Encyclopedia.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors |url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/encyclopedia.com |website=alexa.com |accessdate=14 June 2018 |language=en}} 2. ^{{cite web |title=Curlie - Reference: Encyclopedias |url=https://curlie.org/Reference/Encyclopedias/ |website=curlie.org |language=en}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://news.cengage.com/library-research/encyclopedia-com-named-2009-codie-award-winner/|title=Encyclopedia.com Named 2009 CODiE Award Winner|website=Cengage|accessdate=2017-12-28}} 4. ^{{cite web | last=Myers | first=Fort | title=Partnership With HighBeam Research and Encyclopedia.com | website=Yippy Inc | date=2011-07-27 | url=http://www.yippyinc.com/insights/announces-partnership-with-highbeam/ | accessdate=2018-03-25}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.ghacks.net/2012/05/21/wikipedia-down-try-these-alternatives/|title=Wikipedia down? Try these alternatives - gHacks Tech News|website=ghacks.net|accessdate=2017-12-28}} 6. ^{{cite web |title=Encyclopedia.com {{!}} Free Online Encyclopedia |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/ |website=encyclopedia.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713030447/https://www.encyclopedia.com/ |archivedate=July 13, 2018 |language=en |quote=Featured publications from Gale on the homepage: "International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences"; "Cities of the World"; "Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy"...}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=About Us|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/about|accessdate=7 March 2018}} 8. ^{{cite journal |title=Infonautics Launches Encyclopedia.Com|journal=Information Today |date=March 1998 |volume=15 |issue=3 |url=https://www.questia.com/magazine/1G1-20341277/infonautics-launches-encyclopedia-com |accessdate=14 June 2018 |publisher=Information Today, Inc. |language=en}} 9. ^{{cite web |last1=Hane |first1=Paula J. |title=Tucows Sells Two Former Infonautics Services |url=http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbreader.asp?ArticleID=17104 |website=newsbreaks.infotoday.com |publisher=Information Today, Inc.|date=26 August 2002}} 10. ^{{cite web |author=Gwen |title=Internet News: Gale Acquired HighBeam Research |url=http://www.websearchguide.ca/netblog/archives/008099.html |website=Websearchguide.ca|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305194620/http://www.websearchguide.ca/netblog/archives/008099.html |archivedate=March 5, 2012 |date=December 16, 2008}} 11. ^1 {{Cite news|url=https://news.cengage.com/library-research/gale-acquires-highbeam-research-inc/|title=Gale Acquires HighBeam Research, Inc.|last=|first=|date=2008-12-15|work=Cengage|access-date=2018-06-14|language=en-US}} External links
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