HighBeam Research announced today a new agreement with LookSmart that makes more than one million premium articles from the HighBeam Research Library archive accessible via LookSmart’s FindArticles service.
HighBeam Research operates an online research engine that fills the gap between search engines and high-end information services. The HighBeam Library archive includes 32 million articles and images from more than 2,800 newswires and newspapers; leading business, consumer and industry magazines and journals; transcripts; images; and reference sources going back as far as 23 years.
LookSmart users can search and view article abstracts from the HighBeam Research Library archive for free, and they can sign up or a free trial to view full-text articles and use the many powerful research tools available to HighBeam Research members.
Kevin Krim, vice president of LookSmart’s Web properties, said, “We are pleased to be able to provide so many additional high quality publications. The partnership with HighBeam Research enhances FindArticles’ position as one of the Web’s most popular search services for finding research-quality articles, and introduces the millions of LookSmart users to HighBeam Research.”
Patrick Spain, chairman and CEO of HighBeam Research, said, “Individual researchers use many different starting points when they search for answers. Partnerships with the places that people do their research online are key to our customer acquisition strategy. We are pleased to partner with LookSmart, one of the early leaders in providing access to newspaper and magazine articles as a distinct search service.”
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