To Questia Or Not to Questia, That Is the Question.(Company Business and Marketing)

Searcher, April, 2001 by Helfer, Doris Small

Questia Media Inc. [hhtp://www.questia.com/] has a newly launched service claiming to constitute "a scholarly collection with the full text of thousands of books and, coming soon, journal articles. A broad range of tools allow hyperlinking from source to source, powerful searching, automatic creation of footnotes and bibliographies, plus highlighter markup and margin note capabilities."

Troy Williams founded Questia in 1998 after completing Harvard Law School. The idea evolved from Troy's cumbersome experiences researching articles for the Harvard Law Review. Questia employs over 280 people in three offices. With headquarters in Houston, Texas, Questia also has small offices in Los Angeles and New York. The company has raised over $135 million to date in...