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.[3] 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."[4]
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.[5] 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.[6]
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^. HighBeam Research. Cengage Learning. Archived from the original on April 27, 2011. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
^"." HighBeam Research. Retrieved September 24, 2012. "HighBeam Research c/o Cengage Learning 1 North State Street Suite 900 Chicago, IL 60602 USA"
^. HighBeam Research. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
^"Q&A: Patrick Spain, Founder HighBeam". InterNetNews. February 20, 2004. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
^Gwen (December 16, 2008). . Web search guide. Archived from the original on March 5, 2012. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
highbeam, research, paid, search, engine, full, text, online, archive, owned, gale, subsidiary, cengage, thousands, newspapers, magazines, academic, journals, newswires, trade, magazines, encyclopedias, english, headquartered, chicago, illinois, late, 2018, ar. 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 1 It was headquartered in Chicago Illinois 2 In late 2018 the archive was shut down HighBeam ResearchHighBeam Research logo used in February 2004OwnerGale Cengage URLhighbeam comLaunchedAugust 2002 21 years ago 2002 08 Current statusDefunctContent licenseCopyrightAll rights reservedHistory editThe 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 3 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 4 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 5 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 6 References edit Publications by category HighBeam Research Cengage Learning Archived from the original on April 27 2011 Retrieved July 14 2014 Contact Us HighBeam Research Retrieved September 24 2012 HighBeam Research c o Cengage Learning 1 North State Street Suite 900 Chicago IL 60602 USA About Us HighBeam Research Archived from the original on July 28 2011 Retrieved March 23 2012 Q amp A Patrick Spain Founder HighBeam InterNetNews February 20 2004 Retrieved October 6 2012 Gwen December 16 2008 Gale Acquired HighBeam Research Web search guide Archived from the original on March 5 2012 Retrieved December 4 2016 Highbeam Research History Features Pros Cons Veintipico 24 August 2023 External links editAlacritude at the Wayback Machine archived July 24 2002 HighBeam Business at the Wayback Machine archived 2010 01 24 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HighBeam Research amp oldid 1219637498, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
