Encyclopedia.com

The website was launched by Infonautics in March 1998.{{cite magazine |date=March 1998 |title=Infonautics Launches Encyclopedia.Com |url=https://www.questia.com/magazine/1G1-20341277/infonautics-launches-encyclopedia-com |magazine=Information Today |language=en |volume=15 |issue=3 |issn=8755-6286 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614221256/https://www.questia.com/magazine/1G1-20341277/infonautics-launches-encyclopedia-com |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |url-access=subscription |via=Questia}} Infonautics was acquired by Tucows in August 2001.{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/15/technology/basics-a-reference-library-on-disc-or-online.html |url-access=limited |title=BASICS; A Reference Library On Disc or Online |first=Larry |last=Magid |date=August 15, 2002 |page=G7 |issn=1553-8095 |access-date=27 Sep 2024 |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810173654/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/15/technology/basics-a-reference-library-on-disc-or-online.html |url-status=live}}

In August 2002, Patrick Spain bought Encyclopedia.com and its sister website eLibrary from Tucows and incorporated them into a new company called Alacritude, LLC (a combination of Alacrity and Attitude).{{cite web |last=Hane |first=Paula J. |date=August 26, 2002 |title=Tucows Sells Two Former Infonautics Services |url=https://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbreader.asp?ArticleID=17104 |website=Newsbreaks.infotoday.com |publisher=Information Today, Inc. |access-date=27 Sep 2024 |archive-date=March 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312072603/http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbreader.asp?ArticleID=17104 |url-status=live}} The business became known as HighBeam Research and was eventually sold to Gale.{{Cite press release |last=Creguer |first=Tina |date=December 15, 2008 |title=Gale Acquires HighBeam Research, Inc. |language=en-US |publisher=Cengage |url=https://news.cengage.com/library-research/gale-acquires-highbeam-research-inc |archive-date=April 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422014144/https://news.cengage.com/library-research/gale-acquires-highbeam-research-inc/ |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |author=Gwen |date=December 16, 2008 |title=Internet News: Gale Acquired HighBeam Research |url=http://www.websearchguide.ca/netblog/archives/008099.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305194620/http://www.websearchguide.ca/netblog/archives/008099.html |archive-date=March 5, 2012 |website=Websearchguide.ca}} 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.{{cite web |last=Myers |first=Fort |date=July 27, 2011 |title=Partnership With HighBeam Research and Encyclopedia.com |url=http://www.yippyinc.com/insights/announces-partnership-with-highbeam/ |publisher=Yippy, Inc. |archive-date=March 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325232142/http://www.yippyinc.com/insights/announces-partnership-with-highbeam/ |url-status=dead}}

Encyclopedia.com allows users to access information on a subject that is derived from multiple encyclopedias and dictionary sources,{{cite web |last=Gross |first=Melanie |url=https://www.ghacks.net/2012/05/21/wikipedia-down-try-these-alternatives/ |title=Wikipedia down? Try these alternatives |website=Ghacks.net |date=May 21, 2012 |access-date=27 Sep 2024 |archive-date=March 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327003459/https://www.ghacks.net/2012/05/21/wikipedia-down-try-these-alternatives/ |url-status=live}} and it 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.{{cite web |title=About Encyclopedia.com |website=Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/about |access-date=27 Sep 2024 |archive-date=March 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309201127/https://www.encyclopedia.com/about |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=The World's #1 Online Encyclopedia |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/ |access-date=27 Sep 2024 |website=Encyclopedia.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713030447/https://www.encyclopedia.com/ |archive-date=July 13, 2018 |language=en |url-status=live}}

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