The H.W. Wilson Company - Introduction

Introduction

950 University Avenue
Bronx. New York 10452
U.S.A.
Telephone: (718) 588-8400
Toll Free: (800) 367-6770
Fax: (800) 590-1617
Web site: http://www.hwwilson.com

Private Company
Incorporated: 1903
Employees: 500
Sales: $39 million (2002 est.)
NAIC: 511140 Database and Directory Publishers

The H.W. Wilson Company is a leading reference publisher specializing in indexes and abstracts, primarily selling to libraries. The headquarters of the privately-owned company is located on the Harlem River in the Bronx borough of New York City, and another facility is maintained in Dublin, Ireland, where 120 professional abstracters are employed. Wilson is best known for its Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature. Other major titles include Famous First Facts, Current Biography, and Book Review Digest. All told, the company publishes 15 full-text periodicals databases, seven biography databases, 18 index and eight abstracts databases, five collection development catalogs, an art image database, and a large number of reference monographs. In recent years, Wilson has placed increasing emphasis on electronic distribution of its databases, eventually switching from tape formats to the Internet through the introduction of WilsonWeb.