EBSCO Publishing, headquartered in Ipswich, is an aggregator of full-text content. EBSCO Publishing's core business is providing online databases via EBSCOhost to libraries. EBSCOhost is used by libraries, schools, academic institutions, medical institutions, and corporations. The company is a subsidiary of Birmingham, Alabama-based EBSCO Industries.
The company’s core business is providing online databases to libraries. EBSCO provides over 350 full-text and secondary databases. Content for these databases include full-text journals, magazines, books, monographs, reports, ebooks, business book summaries and various other publication types.
History
EBSCO Publishing was established in 1984 as an independent company with two employees called Data Base Communications Corp. In 1987 the company was purchased by EBSCO Industries and its name was changed to EBSCO Publishing. By 2007 it had grown to employ approximately 750 people. The company became embroiled in some negative publicity following its treatment of staff in Dublin, Ireland, after it took over the HW Wilson Company in 2011.
Products
- Databases: EBSCO provides a range of library database services. Many of the databases, such as Medline and EconLit, are licensed from content vendors. Others, such as Academic Search, MasterFILE, and Environment Complete, are content licensed directly from publishers and compiled by EBSCO
- Indexing and search: The company provides a solution to create a unified, customized index of an institution's information resources, and a means of accessing all that content from a single search box. The ability to create these custom solutions is achieved by harvesting metadata from both internal and external sources, and then creating a preindexed service.
- Audio and Ebooks: In 2002, NetLibrary was acquired by Online Computer Library Center, and in 2010, the company was sold to EBSCO.
- Corporate training: The company offers customized mapping of relevant content from business book summaries and applicable learning centers to core learning competenices.
- Mobile applications: On April 25, 2011, the company released an application for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. Version 1.01 allows users to authenticate the app for their institution to secure access to their institution's databases but does not have an option to view folders or preferences from their personalized accounts.
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