EBSCO Publishing

EBSCO Publishing

Type	Subsidiary of EBSCO Industries
Industry	Publishing
Founded	1984
Headquarters	Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Products	NetLibrary EBSCOhost
Website	http://www.ebscohost.com/

EBSCO Publishing, headquartered in Ipswich, Massachusetts^[1], is an aggregator of premium full-text content. EBSCO Publishing's core business is providing online databases via EBSCOhost to libraries worldwide. EBSCOhost is used by libraries, schools, academic institutions, medical institutions, and corporations. The company is a subsidiary of Birmingham, Alabama-based EBSCO Industries. EBSCO Industries is located at number 196 of the top 200 privately held companies in the United States by Forbes Magazine.^[2]

The company’s core business is providing online databases via its proprietary software, EBSCOhost, 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.^[3] It also provides databases for reference to the health and business sectors, such as DynaMed.^[4][5][6]

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.^[7]

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.^[8]
• 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.^[9]
• Audio and Ebooks: In 2002, NetLibrary was acquired by Online Computer Library Center, and in 2010, the company was sold to EBSCO. ^[10] The service, dubbed eBooks on EBSCOhost®, is a collection of Ebooks which also offers a selection of audiobooks in a variety of subject areas.^[11]
• Corporate training: The company offers customized mapping of relevant content from business book summaries and applicable learning centers to core learning competenices. ^[12]
• 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.

References

1. ^ Kladko, Brian (2006-09-29). "EBSCO Publishing hits its 'stride,' looks to boost staff". Boston Business Journal. Boston, MA: American City Business Journals. http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2006/10/02/story9.html. Retrieved 2009-11-09. 
2. ^ "Americas Largest Private Companies". Forbes Journal. Boston, MA: Forbes. 2009-10-28. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/21/private-companies-09_Ebsco-Industries_7EX2.html. 
3. ^ "An Interview with Sam Brooks, Senior Vice-President of Sales and Marketing, EBSCO Publishing". Journal of Business and Finance Librarianship. 2004. http://www.ebscohost.com/thisTopic.php?marketID=1&topicID=9. 
4. ^ Barton, H. (2005). "DynaMed (review)". Journal of the Medical Library Association 93 (2): 412–415. PMC 1175815. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1175815. 
5. ^ Calabretta N, Fitzpatrick RB (2005). "DynaMed at the Point of Care". Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries 2 (1): 55–64. doi:10.1300/J383v02n01_06. https://www.haworthpress.com/store/ArticleAbstract.asp?sid=A7B0M0RMP4UM8JKB5PV7N012MEMGEXH4&ID=53120. 
6. ^ Banzi R, Cinquini M, Liberati A, Moschetti I, Pecoraro V, Tagliabue L, Moja L (2011). "Speed of updating online evidence based point of care summaries: prospective cohort analysis". British Medical Journal 343. doi:10.1136/bmj.d5856. http://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d5856.full. 
7. ^ Carroll, Jennifer (2007). "EBSCO Publishing". Serials Review 33: 145–148. http://www.ebscohost.com/uploads/imported/thisTopic-dbTopic-840.pdf. 
8. ^ "New EBSCOhost Interface". The Charleston Advisor. 2009. http://charleston.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/charleston/chadv/2009/00000010/00000003/art00018. 
9. ^ "An Interview with Sam Brooks and Michael Gorrell on the EBSCOhost Integrated Search and EBSCO Discovery Service". Charleston Advisor. 2010. http://www.ebscohost.com/discovery/uploads/topicFile-121.pdf//http://charleston.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/charleston/chadv/2009/00000010/00000003/art00018. 
10. ^ "New Strategies for OCLC, More Content for EBSCO Publishing". Information Today. 2010. http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/New-Strategies-for-OCLC-More-Content-for-EBSCO-Publishing-66169.asp. 
11. ^ Information Standards Quarterly, Spring 2011. 2011. http://www.niso.org/publications/isq/2011/v23no2/gorrell. 
12. ^ "Getting Smarter, Faster". HR Management. 2011. http://www.hrmreport.com/article/Getting-Smarter-Faster/. 

Further reading

• Alper B, Stevermer J, White D, Ewigman B (2001). "Answering family physicians' clinical questions using electronic medical databases". J Fam Pract 50 (11): 960–5. PMID 11711012. 
• Alper B, White D, Ge B (2005). "Physicians answer more clinical questions and change clinical decisions more often with synthesized evidence: a randomized trial in primary care". Ann Fam Med 3 (6): 507–13. doi:10.1370/afm.370. PMC 1466938. PMID 16338914. http://www.annfammed.org/cgi/content/full/3/6/507. 
• Bodenheimer T, Grumbach K (2003). "Electronic technology: a spark to revitalize primary care?". JAMA 290 (2): 259–64. doi:10.1001/jama.290.2.259. PMID 12851283. 

External links

• Official website