ABC-Clio

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– **History**:
– ABC-Clio founded in 1955 by Eric Boehm
– First publication was Historical Abstracts
– Expanded into digital publishing in the 1960s
– Started providing access to humanities database on CD-ROM in the 1990s
– Acquired Journal of the West in 2004

– **Subsidiaries**:
– Intellimation
– Linworth Publishing, Inc. acquired in 2009
– Journal of the West

– **Imprints and Series**:
– ABC-Clio acquired Greenwood Publishing Group in 2008
– Access to Greenwood Press, Praeger Publishers, and Libraries Unlimited
– Libraries Unlimited focuses on publishing for librarians
– ABC-Clio Solutions provides digital curriculum
– Praeger known for publishing scholarly books

– **References**:
– Various references archived from different sources
– Contact information available on ABC-CLIO Solutions
– Database offers 1 million free resources
– History and mission details on ABC-CLIO website
– Articles from Information Today, Publishers Weekly, and Library Journal

– **Acquisitions**:
– Sold Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life to EBSCO Publishing in 2007
– Acquired by Bloomsbury Publishing in December 2021
– Acquired Greenwood Publishing Group in 2008
– Praeger known for publishing scholarly and professional books
– ABC-Clio Solutions revamped interface for user-friendly access

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