Encyclopedias

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See also:  reference material

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•  Compton's Encyclopedia Online - subscription service
•  Encyclopedia Britannica - some of it is free
•  Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia - subscription service, powered by eLibrary; has a free area with links to other stories and photos
•  History of Encyclopedias - and a directory
•  Infoplease - LookSmart Fast Facts Encyclopedia - more than 57,000 articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, Fifth Edition
•  EncycloZine
•  Fact Monster - geared for kids
•  Free Internet Encyclopedia
•  Funk & Wagnalls Knowledge Center - fee-based forum
•  Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia - free trial offer
•  Jones Telecommunications & Multimedia Encyclopedia - Access articles on technologies including audio recording, cable telephony, computer history, electronic cash and other areas
•  MSN Encarta - Learning and Research
  •  Microsoft Encarta - try out demos
•  Theinfosphere.com - Browse the encyclopedia for alphabetically categorized terms and definitions. Offers a free newsletter
•  World Book
•  World Encyclopedia
•  xrefer - free search of an extensive collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauruses and quotation compendiums

•  Eyewitness Encyclopedia - photos

•  Encyclopaedia of the Orient - listen to pronunciation of people and place names (and wade through ads opening in new windows)

•  almanacs
•  event directories

•  search

•  alt.culture - Represents itself as an encyclopedia of 1990s youth culture, spanning music, fashion, film and digital media
•  directory.hotbot.com/Reference/ = reference materials, such as almanacs and encyclopedias
•  Funk and Wagnalls - requires membership

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last edited Saturday, April 01, 2006