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A division of EBSCO, [13] the platform became one of the world's largest scholarly content hosts, [14] with over 31,000 publications [15] from over 180 publishers. [16] Atypon acquired the Metapress business from EBSCO in 2014, with the Metapress platform to be discontinued and customers moved to Atypon's Literatum platform.
The "EBSCO" acronym is based on Elton Bryson Stephens Company. EBSCO Industries is a diverse company of over 40 businesses engaged in activities including information services ( EBSCO Information Services ), outdoor products, manufacturing, general services, publishing services, and real estate.
Metapress was a digital content publishing company that produced and distributed online content on a wide array of subjects. Its website said, "We work to integrate content, community and commerce across a number of categories, providing people with actionable advice to achieve greater insights into the subjects they find most interesting."
Atypon acquired the Metapress business from EBSCO Information Services in 2014, with the Metapress platform to be discontinued and customers moved to Atypon's Literatum platform. [4] In October 2016, Atypon was purchased by academic publisher John Wiley & Sons for $120 million. [5] Atypon operates as a separate, independent business unit of Wiley.
In 2011 they launched Woodhead Publishing Online, a resource of scientific, technical and information trends, comprising over 800 e-books, containing 12,000 chapters. This resource was hosted by MetaPress, a division of EBSCO Industries Inc. [2] Woodhead (and its imprint Chandos) was acquired by Elsevier in August 2013. [3]
EBSCO. EBSCO Information Services is a major US-based provider of library resources and information services. It manages a wide range of databases covering all subject areas. For more information see its website. EBSCO's partnership with The Wikipedia Library includes one-year access to the following resources:
It also covers books, chapters within books, library school theses, and pamphlets. In 2011, the H. W. Wilson Company, the firm that created the index, sold it to EBSCO Publishing along with other H.W. Wilson indexes and databases. [1]
Stephens founded Military Service Co. in 1944, with US$5,000. [2] [4] [5] The company sold magazine subscriptions to the United States Army. [4]It later became known as EBSCO Industries, a diversified company in "information services, publishing and digital media, outdoor products, real estate, manufacturing and general services."