:HighBeam Research
{{short description|Former online archive}}
{{Infobox website
| name = HighBeam Research
| logo = Logo of HighBeam Research.png
| logocaption = HighBeam Research logo used in February 2004
| url = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20160328080928/http://www.highbeam.com/|highbeam.com}}
| content_license = Copyright
All rights reserved
| launch_date = {{start date and age|2002|8}}
| current_status = Defunct
}}
HighBeam Research was a paid search engine and full text online archive owned by Gale, a subsidiary of Cengage, for thousands of newspapers, magazines, academic journals, newswires, trade magazines, and encyclopedias in English.{{cite web|title=Publications by category|url=http://www.highbeam.com/publications|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427143938/http://www.highbeam.com/publications|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 27, 2011|website=HighBeam Research|publisher=Cengage Learning|access-date=July 14, 2014}} It was headquartered in Chicago, Illinois."[https://web.archive.org/web/20110728110147/http://www.highbeam.com/contact-us Contact Us]." HighBeam Research. Retrieved September 24, 2012. "HighBeam Research c/o Cengage Learning 1 North State Street Suite 900 Chicago, IL 60602 USA" In late 2018, the archive was shut down.
History
The company was established in August 2002 after Patrick Spain, who had just sold Hoover's, which he had co-founded, 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/about-us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728110114/http://www.highbeam.com/about-us|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 28, 2011|title=About Us|website=HighBeam Research|access-date=March 23, 2012}} 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."{{cite web|url=http://www.internetnews.com/fina-news/article.php/3315981|title=Q&A: Patrick Spain, Founder HighBeam|work=InterNetNews|date=February 20, 2004|access-date=October 6, 2012}}
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 Gale, a subsidiary of Cengage.{{cite web|author=Gwen|url=http://www.websearchguide.ca/netblog/archives/008099.html|title=Gale Acquired HighBeam Research|work=Web search guide|date=December 16, 2008|access-date=December 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305194620/http://www.websearchguide.ca/netblog/archives/008099.html|archive-date=March 5, 2012}} Highbeam featured many articles by the UK based Trinity Mirror Group.
Highbeam Research shut down in late 2018 after 16 years. When they did so, all of their content was added to Questia.{{cite web | url=https://veintipico.com/highbeam-research-history-features-pros-cons/ | title=Highbeam Research: History, Features, Pros, Cons – Veintipico | date=24 August 2023 }}
References
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External links
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020724042747/http://www.alacritude.com/ |date=July 24, 2002 |title=Alacritude }}
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124015859/http://business.highbeam.com/ |date=|title=HighBeam Business }}
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