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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''' is a publisher based in New York City. It publishes print and online indexes, full-text databases, and other products and services for public, school, college, and special libraries around the world.
{{cite web |title=Company Overview of The HW Wilson Company, Inc. |publisher=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]] |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=4305434 |url-status=dead |access-date=2012-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705131502/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=4305434 |archive-date=2010-07-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2011-06-02 |title=EBSCO Publishing and The H.W. Wilson Company Make Joint Announcement of Merger Agreement |publisher=[[Cision|PRWeb]] |url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/ebscohwwilson/merger/prweb8516676.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719073028/http://www.prweb.com/releases/EBSCOHWWilson/Merger/prweb8516676.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 19, 2013 |access-date=2012-07-24}}</ref> [[Grey House Publishing]] currently publishes print editions of H. W. Wilson products under license.

The company may be best known for its [http://www.hwwilson.com/Databases/Readersg.cfm Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature], the most widely consulted index of articles in the popular press. Other notable resources include the [http://www.hwwilson.com/Databases/stcatelect.cfm Core Collections series], comprising [http://www.hwwilson.com/print/childcat.cfm Children’s], [http://www.hwwilson.com/print/mjhscat.cfm Middle and Junior High], [http://www.hwwilson.com/print/srhscat.cfm Senior High], [http://www.hwwilson.com/print/fictcat.cfm Fiction], [http://www.hwwilson.com/Databases/graphicnovels_core.cfm Graphic Novels], [http://www.hwwilson.com/databases/nonbook_core.cfm Nonbook Materials], and [http://www.hwwilson.com/print/publibcat.cfm Public Library Core Collection: Nonfiction]. This series has been a standard resource for librarians since it began publication under the name Children’s Catalog in 1909.

H. W. Wilson is also noted for its range of biographical reference (including the critically acclaimed [http://www.hwwilson.com/databases/BioBank.cfm Biography Reference Bank] and the monthly [http://www.hwwilson.com/currentbio/curbio.cfm Current Biography] magazine), its [http://www.hwwilson.com/Databases/artsuite.cfm Art Suite] of databases ([http://www.hwwilson.com/databases/artindex.cfm Art Full Text], [http://www.hwwilson.com/databases/artmuseum.cfm Art Museum Image Gallery], [http://www.hwwilson.com/databases/artcinema.cfm Cinema Image Gallery], and [http://www.hwwilson.com/databases/avery.cfm Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals]), and its [http://www.hwwilson.com/Databases/retrospectives.cfm retrospective databases], which add decades of coverage to a library’s periodical coverage.

H. W. Wilson databases are accessed using the [http://www.hwwilson.com/Documentation/WilsonWeb/tecfaq7.cfm WilsonWeb search and retrieval system], which contains a number of features designed to make searching as fast and accurate as possible.

H. W. Wilson is the main sponsor of the [http://www.ala.org/ American Library Association’s] [http://www.hwwilson.com/jcdawards/nw_jcd.cfm John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award], which honors outstanding library public relations.


==History==
==History==
[[File:HW Wilson lighthouse W162 Bx jeh.jpg|thumb|Lighthouse building, South Bronx]]
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The H. W. Wilson Company was founded in 1898 by [[Halsey William Wilson]], a student working his way through the [[University of Minnesota]] in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 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.


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In 1911, Wilson relocated the company to [[White Plains, New York]], to be nearer to its main markets. By 1917, demand for more specialized indexes had grown to the point where the company had to move again. Wilson bought a five-story building in The Bronx on the banks of the Harlem River. The building's distinctive lighthouse was added in 1929.
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The H.W. Wilson Company was founded in 1889 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 came time for Morris to graduate, he sold his share of the business to Wilson, who then began a long and fruitful career in business.


The company also published some print references, such as ''Facts About the Presidents'', ''Famous First Facts'', and the monthly [[magazine]] ''[[Current Biography]]''.{{when|date=March 2023}} The company published [[Monroe N. Work]]'s ''A Bibliography of the Negro in Africa and America'' in 1928<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DaZGb-Zn7j4C | title=A Bibliography of the Negro in Africa and America | year=1928 | isbn=978-1-57898-079-6 | last1=Work | first1=Monroe Nathan | publisher=Martino }}</ref>
The H. W. Wilson Company’s first original reference was the ''Cumulative Book Index'', first published in 1898. This was followed by the ''Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature'' in 1901. In 1911, Wilson relocated the company to White Plains, New York, to be nearer to its main markets.


===Merger with EBSCO Publishing, June 2011===
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By 1917, demand for more specialized indexes had grown to the point where the company had to move again. Wilson bought a five-story building in the Bronx on the banks of the Harlem River, where the company remains headquartered today. The building’s distinctive lighthouse was added in 1929.
{{update section|date=April 2023}}
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}}</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/ |url-status=dead |access-date=2012-07-24 |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>{{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=dead |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=2021-02-11}}</ref>


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== John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award ==
''Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature'' became the company’s first electronic reference in 1985, available through WILSEARCH. In 1995 ''Current Biography'' and ''World Authors'' became available on searchable CD-ROM, and in 1997 the first version of WilsonWeb, Wilson’s online information search and retrieval system, was launched.
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The [[John Cotton Dana Award]], sponsored by H.W. Wilson, honors outstanding library public relations, whether a summer reading program, a year-long centennial celebration, fundraising for a new college library, an awareness campaign, or an innovative partnership in the community. Award winners receive a cash development grant of $5,000 from the H.W. Wilson Foundation. The awards are presented at a reception hosted by H.W. Wilson Company, held during the [[American Library Association]]'s annual conference.


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==Database descriptions==
On May 31, 2011, H. W. Wilson merged with [[EBSCO Publishing]]. <ref>{{cite web|title=Questions & Answers regarding EBSCO Publishing’s Merger with The H.W. Wilson Company|url=http://support.epnet.com/knowledge_base/detail.php?id=5482|accessdate=6/1/2011}}</ref>


=== Applied Sciences ===
==Products==
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H. W. Wilson Company's applied sciences indexing encompasses services under the title ''Applied Science & Technology''. These are "abstracts", "full text", and "retrospective". Broad subject coverage includes the major scientific disciplines and their respective sub disciplines in abstracts or full text. For example, topical coverage includes [[acoustics]], environmental and [[earth sciences]], [[engineering]] (chemical, civil, environmental, electrical, industrial, etc.), [[geology|geological sciences]] (including space science), food industry (and sciences), plastics, textile industry (including fabrics), transportation, and waste management. The retrospective indexing of Applied Science and Technology covers more than 1,350 periodicals from 1913 to 1983.


''Applied Science & Technology'' covers over 780 periodicals, as well as sources such as conference proceedings and directories.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Applied Science & Technology Index |website=EBSCO Information Services |url=https://www.ebsco.com/products/research-databases/applied-science-technology-index |access-date=2018-12-02}}</ref>
The H. W. Wilson Company offers 78 reference databases to meet research and browsing needs in a range of fields, including applied science and technology, art, biography, biology and agriculture, business, current events, education, general science, humanities, law, library and information science, library collection development and readers’ advisory, literature and social sciences. These databases are maintained by editorial staff members who are experts in library science and other subjects, and updated daily by staff in New York and Dublin, Ireland.


===Art indexes===
The company also publishes an extensive range of print references in these areas, including ''Facts About the Presidents'', ''Famous First Facts'', and the monthly magazine ''Current Biography''.
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 web |year=2016 |title=EBSCO and H.W. Wilson Source Databases |website=[[EBSCO Industries]] |url=http://www.ebscohost.com/superdatabases |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>


==WilsonWeb==
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==John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award==
WilsonWeb is "an online based information retrieval system that offers an interface, multiple search modes, interactive help messages, and text translation into various languages".<ref name=blmbg/>


==Publishings==
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The John Cotton Dana Award, sponsored by H.W. Wilson, honors outstanding library public relations, whether a summer reading program, a year-long centennial celebration, fundraising for a new college library, an awareness campaign or an innovative partnership in the community. Award winners receive a cash development grant of $5,000 from the H.W. Wilson Foundation. The awards are presented at a reception hosted by H.W. Wilson, held during the American Library Association annual conference.
*''Best books on the war''

*''Index to short stories''
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==Database descriptions==
*''The vision of Anton as told by Walter A. Dyer''
===Applied Science & Technology Abstracts===
*''A Bibliography of the Negro in Africa and America'' edited by [[Monroe N. Work]] (1928)
Coverage is intended to be broad, and comprehensive. This database provides abstracts and indexing for [[applied science]] literature. Coverage includes english-language scientific and technical publications. The intended audience is students, educators, researchers, and general readers. The indexed sources are trade journals, industrial journals, professional society journals, technical society journals, subject oriented periodicals, directories, and conference proceedings. It is updated on a daily basis.<ref name=ASTA-x> Applied Science & Technology Full Text
{{Cite web
| title =Database description
| publisher =The H.W. Wilson Company
| year = 2010
| url =http://www.hwwilson.com/bus/applieds.cfm
| format = Online
| accessdate =January 26, 2011}}</ref><ref name=ASTA-d>
"...''provides comprehensive abstracting and indexing of more than 400 core English-language scientific and technical publications''."
{{Cite web
| title =Database description
| publisher =[[Dialog LLC]]
| year = 2010
| url =http://www.hwwilson.com/bus/applieds.cfm
| format = Online
| accessdate =January 26, 2011}}</ref>

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Topical coverage includes [[acoustics]], environmental and [[earth sciences]], [[engineering]] (chemical, civil, environmental, electrical, industrial, etc.), [[geology|geological sciences]] (including space science), food industry (and sciences), plastics, textile industry (including fabrics), transportation, and waste management.<ref name=ASTA-x/><ref name=ASTA-d/>

Below are several versions of this indexing service. These can expand back file coverage to 1913.

*Applied Science & Technology Full Text
*Applied Science & Technology Index
*Applied Science & Technology Index Retrospective: 1913-1983
*Applied Science & Business Periodicals Retrospective: 1913-1983


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite news |last=Rubinstein |first=Ernest |date=2014-01-10 |title=A Modern-Day Scriptorium |newspaper=[[The Chronicle of Higher Education]]|url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/a-modern-day-scriptorium/}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{Official website|www.hwwilson.com}}
*[http://www.hwwilson.com/abouthw/abouthw.cfm Milestones in the history of H. W. Wilson]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20211125045836/http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/the-h-w-wilson-company-history/ The H.W. Wilson Company History]
*[http://www.hwwilson.com/ftabsind_alpha.cfm List of Wilson databases]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030226191848/http://www.nova.edu/library/dils/lessons/wilsonweb/ About WilsonWeb]. Nova Southeastern University. 2013.
*[http://www.hwwilson.com/greference3.cfm List of Wilson print titles]

*[http://www.hwwilson.com/jcdawards/nw_jcd.cfm Information about the John Cotton Dana Award, and a list of recent winners]
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Latest revision as of 05:42, 15 August 2024

H. W. Wilson Company
Parent companyEBSCO Publishing
Founded1898
FounderHalsey William Wilson
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationHighbridge, The Bronx, New York
Publication typesBooks, databases
Official websitewww.hwwilson.com (online)
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 databases. 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.[1][2] Grey House Publishing currently publishes print editions of H. W. Wilson products under license.

History

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Lighthouse building, South Bronx

The H. W. Wilson Company was founded in 1898 by Halsey William Wilson, a student working his way through the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 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.

In 1911, Wilson relocated the company to White Plains, New York, to be nearer to its main markets. By 1917, demand for more specialized indexes had grown to the point where the company had to move again. Wilson bought a five-story building in The Bronx on the banks of the Harlem River. The building's distinctive lighthouse was added in 1929.

The company also published some print references, such as Facts About the Presidents, Famous First Facts, and the monthly magazine Current Biography.[when?] The company published Monroe N. Work's A Bibliography of the Negro in Africa and America in 1928[3]

Merger with EBSCO Publishing, June 2011

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On June 2, 2011, H. W. Wilson Company merged with EBSCO Publishing.[4] 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.[5] 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 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.[6]

John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award

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The John Cotton Dana Award, sponsored by H.W. Wilson, honors outstanding library public relations, whether a summer reading program, a year-long centennial celebration, fundraising for a new college library, an awareness campaign, or an innovative partnership in the community. Award winners receive a cash development grant of $5,000 from the H.W. Wilson Foundation. The awards are presented at a reception hosted by H.W. Wilson Company, held during the American Library Association's annual conference.

Database descriptions

[edit]

Applied Sciences

[edit]

H. W. Wilson Company's applied sciences indexing encompasses services under the title Applied Science & Technology. These are "abstracts", "full text", and "retrospective". Broad subject coverage includes the major scientific disciplines and their respective sub disciplines in abstracts or full text. For example, topical coverage includes acoustics, environmental and earth sciences, engineering (chemical, civil, environmental, electrical, industrial, etc.), geological sciences (including space science), food industry (and sciences), plastics, textile industry (including fabrics), transportation, and waste management. The retrospective indexing of Applied Science and Technology covers more than 1,350 periodicals from 1913 to 1983.

Applied Science & Technology covers over 780 periodicals, as well as sources such as conference proceedings and directories.[7]

Art indexes

[edit]

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.[8]

WilsonWeb

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WilsonWeb is "an online based information retrieval system that offers an interface, multiple search modes, interactive help messages, and text translation into various languages".[1]

Publishings

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  • Best books on the war
  • Index to short stories
  • The vision of Anton as told by Walter A. Dyer
  • A Bibliography of the Negro in Africa and America edited by Monroe N. Work (1928)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Company Overview of The HW Wilson Company, Inc". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on 2010-07-05. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
  2. ^ "EBSCO Publishing and The H.W. Wilson Company Make Joint Announcement of Merger Agreement". PRWeb. 2011-06-02. Archived from the original on July 19, 2013. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
  3. ^ Work, Monroe Nathan (1928). A Bibliography of the Negro in Africa and America. Martino. ISBN 978-1-57898-079-6.
  4. ^ "Questions & Answers regarding EBSCO Publishing's Merger with The H.W. Wilson Company". EBSCO Information Services. Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  5. ^ "Ex-HW Wilson staff to protest over redundancy package". TheJournal.ie. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
  6. ^ Ojala, Marydee (2011-06-09). "EBSCO Acquires H.W. Wilson--Leaves Bronx Lighthouse Behind". Information Today. Archived from the original on 2021-02-11. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  7. ^ "Applied Science & Technology Index". EBSCO Information Services. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
  8. ^ "EBSCO and H.W. Wilson Source Databases". EBSCO Industries. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2022-06-18.

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