Infobase Holdings, Inc.
FEDLINK Vendor ID: FF
Vendor Website: www.infobase.com
Company Profile
Infobase: Empowering Information Literacy and Lifelong Success Infobase is a premier cloud-based educational solutions provider, leveraging over 80 years of expertise to equip learners, educators, and organizations with trusted content and essential tools. Our mission is to build critical information literacy, foster critical thinking, and support lifelong success, enabling individuals to confidently navigate information and make informed decisions. Established Legacy and Global Reach Our roots trace back to the esteemed Facts on File World News Digest, first published in 1941, giving Infobase a uniquely established legacy. Infobase is now trusted by academic institutions, school districts, and public libraries worldwide. With extensive experience serving large consortia and diverse communities, our offerings serve users at every stage of their educational journey�from K�12 through college, public libraries, and employers. Comprehensive Award-Winning Resources and Brands We offer an award-winning, multimedia approach to learning. Our expertly researched content is high quality, credible, and organized to align with defined standards and expected outcomes.
Infobase delivers multimedia reference content, online tools and technology, and professional development and training solutions enabled by such well-known brands as Facts On File, Learn360, Credo, The Mailbox�, Films Media Group, Bloom�s, Ferguson�s, Omnigraphics, CareerEco, and Vault. This content consolidates diverse materials�including videos, eBooks, articles, primary sources, interactive activities, and professional development tools�across a vast range of subjects such as science, history, literature, career readiness, and current events.
Dedicated Partnership and Robust Support: We do not just provide resources; we partner with you for success. Our dedicated team of over 150 professionals is committed to providing responsive communication and service.
Tailored Onboarding & Training: We craft personalized onboarding and training plans and offer customized virtual, synchronous, training sessions (Administrative, Train-the-Trainer, and End-user) to ensure efficient implementation.
Prompt Support: Users have access to our Product Support team via email, phone, and live chat, with prompt responses typically within 3 hours. We offer tiered support and a robust Knowledge Base of how-to videos and guides, ensuring assistance is available whenever needed. Infobase is committed to enhancing the learning experience through continuous investment in the content, tools, and personalized support our customers require.
Products/Services Available Through the FEDLINK Contract
Infobase offers a curated selection of premier multimedia databases and streaming video collections to support the research, reference, and educational needs of government, military, and library institutions through the FEDLINK Contract.
Core Reference and Current Events: These databases provide trusted, nonpartisan, and comprehensive coverage across major subjects and current affairs.
- World News Digest: An unparalleled archive of news summaries and background articles dating back to 1940, including current Reuters news. It provides expertly vetted, unbiased coverage of global events, connecting past and present for historical context.
- Issues & Controversies (Pro/Con): Offers in-depth, unbiased articles presenting both sides of hundreds of hot topics in politics, government, business, and society. Ideal for research, debate preparation, and persuasive writing.
- Issues & Controversies (Pro/Con) in History: Places users at the center of great historical debates and conflicts in U.S. and world history, exploring issues as they were viewed at the time.
- Polling the Nations: A comprehensive, searchable database of public opinion polls, providing nonbiased information on public issues and attitudes worldwide since 1986.
Academic and Specialized Subject Databases: These specialized digital collections contain thousands of subject entries, biographies, primary sources, maps, and multimedia assets for deep research and study.
- Credo Reference: Academic Core: The ideal research starting point, offering full-text access to over 900 encyclopedias, dictionaries, and reference handbooks from premier publishers. Features the Mind Map visualization tool to build information literacy skills.
- Science Online / Today's Science: Provides comprehensive coverage of scientific disciplines and bridges the gap between classroom science and real-world discoveries with in-depth explanations of current advances.
- Health Reference Center: Comprehensive coverage of body systems, current health issues, major diseases, treatments, and nutrition information.
- World Geography and Culture / World Religions Online: Dedicated resources offering detailed, comparative views of global regions, nations, and a wide range of religions and spiritual traditions. History, Literature, and Writing
- American History / African-American History / American-Indian History / Modern World History: Dedicated databases offering deep, detailed content�including primary sources, biographies, and multimedia�on key areas of U.S. and World History.
- Bloom's Literature Online: Features the full Bloom's Literary Criticism series, full-length videos of classic plays and films, and hundreds of classic works.
- Writer's Reference Center: Covers the fundamentals of quality writing, from grammar and style to research and documentation.
Career Guidance and Streaming Video
- Ferguson's Career Guidance: An award-winning database for career exploration and planning. Offers profession and industry profiles, interactive career assessments, educational planning tools, and job search advice.
- Films On Demand Master Academic Package: A comprehensive streaming media subscription offering every department unlimited access to over 40,000 educational videos from top producers.
- Films On Demand Specialized Collections: Targeted video collections providing in-depth resources for professional and technical training in fields such as Allied Health, Master Career & Technical Education, Nursing Core Collection, Nursing: Current Concepts & Practices, Physical Therapy Collection, Veterinary Medicine, and the World Cinema Collection
Customer Service/Sales Contact Information
Nancy Grandinetti, RFP Manager
[email protected]
212-896-4250 or 800.322.8755 ext. 4250
(All descriptions were written and submitted by the vendors. Not all vendor products and services are available under the FEDLINK contracts. For more information, contact FEDLINK for details.)
Last Updated: 01/02/2026
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