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relating to history and the humanities. After ABC-Clio acquired Greenwood Press's databases, they revamped the look and feel of their interface in order to provide common access through the ABC-Clio interface. ABC-Clio also provided the ability to search across multiple databases through one search, also providing options for narrowing the search after revamping their interface. The new interface is considered user-friendly and provides access to personalized features.
1078: 1064: 337:. The deal gave ABC-Clio a "perpetual license" to use the imprints of Greenwood Press and publish all of its titles. Acquiring the publishing group gave ABC-Clio access to Greenwood Press, Praeger Publishers, Praeger Security International and Libraries Unlimited. Greenwood focuses on publishing full-text reference works which are authoritative on various topics. 354:
ABC-Clio databases are provided under the umbrella of ABC-Clio Solutions. There are fifteen different databases providing access to different subject areas. ABC-Clio Solutions provides digital curriculum with multimedia content, text-to-speech features, translation tools which covers various topics
251:, initially providing 150 different titles to schools and libraries. The company's reference books had won numerous awards, and the company started a series of subject-related online databases for secondary school use. In 2004, the company acquired the quarterly historical journal, 191:) is an American publishing company for academic reference works and periodicals primarily on topics such as history and social sciences for educational and public library settings. Since 2021, ABC-Clio and its suite of imprints are collectively imprints of British publishing house 38: 198:
ABC-Clio provides service to fifteen different online databases which contain over one million online textbooks. The company consults academic leaders in the fields they cover in order to provide authority for their reference titles. The headquarters are located in
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In 1996, ABC-Clio merged with an electronic publishing company, Intellimation, which also produced educational software. The merger brought Becky Snyder, who by 2009 had become ABC-Clio's president, from Intellimation. In 2007, it sold two
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Libraries Unlimited came to ABC-Clio as part of a deal with Greenwood Press. In 2012, Kathyrn Suárez was named Publisher for this division which focuses on publishing for librarians and information professionals.
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When the renamed Greenwood Publishing Group (GPG) was acquired by ABC-Clio in 2009, Praeger Publishing became a standalone imprint of ABC-Clio, and remained such when, in December 2021,
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Linworth Publishing, Inc.: In 2009-03-18, Libraries Unlimited announced the acquisition of Linworth Publishing, with partnership becoming effective immediately.
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Two Top Professional Development Publishers Partner to Create Next-Generation Resources for Librarians and Educators
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CD-ROM was named "Best Disc of the Year" by Library Journal. In 1998, ABC-Clio provided electronic access to
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ABC-Clio was founded in 1955 as a privately held corporation by Eric Boehm with its first publication,
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During the 1960s, a sister bibliographic and abstract publication on American history was added,
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Originally publishing books by disillusioned former Communists who had fled from behind the
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In the 1990s, ABC-Clio began to provide access to its humanities database on CD-ROM. The
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In 2008, ABC-Clio acquired the Greenwood Publishing Group from
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Reference Sources for Small and Medium-Sized Libraries
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Companies based in Santa Barbara County, California
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ABC-CLIO

Parent company
Bloomsbury Publishing
Santa Barbara, California
Ontario Library Association
Co Info
Imprints
Greenwood Press
www.abc-clio.com
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Bloomsbury Publishing
Santa Barbara, California
Historical Abstracts
Clio
eBooks
Journal of the West
EBSCO Publishing
Bloomsbury Publishing
US$
Journal of the West
Greenwood Publishing Group
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Frederick A. Praeger
Iron Curtain
William B. Benton
Encyclopaedia Britannica
CBS
Greenwood Press, Inc.
Bloomsbury Publishing

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