H. W. Wilson Company: Difference between revisions

| founder = [[Halsey (H.W.) Wilson|Halsey William Wilson]]

| url = {{URL|http://www.ebscohosthwwilson.com/wilson}} (online)<br>{{URL|http://www.hwwilsoninprint.com}} (print)

The '''H. W. Wilson Company, Inc.''' is a publisher and indexing company that was founded in 1898 and is located in [[The Bronx]], New York. It provides print and digital content aimed at patrons of public school, college, and professional libraries in both the United States and internationally. The company also provides indexing services that include text, retrospective, abstracting and indexing, as well other types of [[database]]s. Image gallery indexing includes art museum and cinema. The company also indexed reference monographs. An online retrieval system with various features, including language translation, is also available. The company merged with [[EBSCO Publishing]] in June 2011.<ref name=blmbg>

The H. W. Wilson Company was founded in 1898 by [[Halsey (H.W.) Wilson|Halsey William Wilson]], a student working his way through the [[University of Minnesota]], Minneapolis. Together with his roommate, Henry S. Morris, Wilson started a book selling business serving educators and students at the university. When it was time for Morris to graduate, he sold his share of the business to Wilson. The H. W. Wilson Company's first original reference title was the ''Cumulative Book Index'', first published in 1898. This was followed by the ''[[Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature]]'' in 1901.

On June 2, 2011, H. W. Wilson Company merged with [[EBSCO Publishing]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Questions & Answers regarding EBSCO Publishing's Merger with The H.W. Wilson Company |website=[[EBSCO Information Services]] |url=http://support.epnet.com/knowledge_base/detail.php?id=5482 |url-status=dead |access-date=2011-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321223140/http://support.epnet.com/knowledge_base/detail.php?id=5482 |archive-date=2012-03-21|url-status=dead}}</ref> Staff at the Dublin office of the company went to the Labour Court in Ireland and protested at EBSCO's failure to abide by its recommendations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ex-HW Wilson staff to protest over redundancy package |website=[[TheJournal.ie]] |url=http://www.thejournal.ie/ex-hw-wilson-staff-to-protest-over-redundancy-package-444783-May2012/ |title=Exurl-HW Wilson staff tostatus=dead protest over redundancy package · TheJournal.ie|access-date=2012-07-24|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731115547/http://www.thejournal.ie/ex-hw-wilson-staff-to-protest-over-redundancy-package-444783-May2012/ |archive-date=2012-07-31}}</ref> Wilson's Bronx headquarters with its iconic lighthouse is not included in the merger and will be closed. Wilson's operations will relocate to EBSCO headquarters in [[Ipswich,_Massachusetts|Ipswich]], [[Massachusetts]] which “offers room for expansion and is the logical choice for streamlining physical operations. While not always easy, making fiscally-responsible decisions such as this will allow us [to] invest more resources into increasing the value of the products and services that we create, and keep costs in check for our mutual companies” said Sam Brooks, EBSCO Publishing senior vice president, sales and marketing.<ref name="InfoToday-2011-June9">{{Cite web |last=Ojala |first=Marydee |date=2011-06-09 |title=EBSCO Acquires H.W. Wilson--Leaves Bronx Lighthouse Behind |website=[[Information Today]] |url=http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/EBSCO-Acquires-HW-WilsonLeaves-Bronx-Lighthouse-Behind-75953.asp |url-status=livedead |access-date=2021-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211085448/http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/EBSCO-Acquires-HW-WilsonLeaves-Bronx-Lighthouse-Behind-75953.asp |archive-date=2021-11-09 |access-date=2021-11-09 |website=newsbreaks.infotoday.com}}</ref>

''Applied Science & Technology'' covers over 780 periodicals, as well as sources such as conference proceedings and directories.<ref>{{Cite newsweb |title=Applied Science & Technology Index |website=EBSCO Information Services |url=https://www.ebsco.com/products/research-databases/applied-science-technology-index|title=Applied Science & Technology Index {{!}} EBSCO|work=EBSCO Information Services, Inc. {{!}} www.ebsco.com|access-date=2018-12-02|language=en}}</ref>

H. W. Wilson Company's indexing pertaining to art encompasses "Art Abstracts", "Art Full Text", "Art Index", and "Art Index Retrospective: 1929-1984". It includes 304 full-text journals that focus on fine art, decorative art, commercial art, photography, folk art, film, architecture and other areas. Subjects covered include art history and criticism, architecture and architectural history, archaeology, antiques, museum studies, graphic arts, industrial design, landscape architecture, interior design, folk art, painting, photography, pottery, sculpture, decorative arts, costume design, television, video, motion pictures, advertising art, non-western art, textiles and other related subjects.<ref>{{cite nameweb |year=databs>[http://www.ebscohost.com/superdatabases2016 |title=EBSCO and H.W. Wilson Source Databases]. |website=[[EBSCO Industries]] |url=http://www.ebscohost.com/superdatabases 2012|url-status=dead |access-date=2022-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306110518/http://www.ebscohost.com/superdatabases |archive-date=2016-03-06}}</ref>

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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20211125045836/http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/the-h-w-wilson-company-history/ The H.W. Wilson Company History]