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Britannica
Delve into the rich content of Encyclopædia Britannica using our selection of browse features.
Catholic Encyclopedia
The Catholic Encyclopedia, as its name implies,
proposes to give its readers full and authoritative information on the
entire cycle of Catholic interests, action and doctrine.
CIA World Fact Book
The online Factbook is updated regularly -
generally weekly - throughout the year.
Columbia Encyclopedia
6th ed. Containing nearly 51,000 entries
(marshalling six and one-half million words on a vast range of topics), and
with more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references, the current Sixth Edition
is among the most complete and up-to-date encyclopedias ever produced.
Columbia Gazetteer of North America
With 50,000 entries, this most
comprehensive encyclopedia of geographical places and features will prove
invaluable to anyone for whom places hold fascination and who require
accurate data about them. It covers every incorporated place and county in
the United States, along with several thousand unincorporated places,
special-purpose sites, and physical features, as well as Canada, Mexico and
the Caribbean.
Encyberpedia
The Living Encyclopedia.
Encyclopedia.com
The Internet's premiere free encyclopedia, provides
users with more than 57,000 frequently updated articles from the Columbia
Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Each article is enhanced with links to
newspaper and magazine articles as well as pictures and maps - all provided
by eLibrary.
Encyclopedia of the Orient
The only encyclopedia for North Africa and
the Middle East.
Encyclopedia Smithsonian
Encyclopedia Smithsonian helps answer
frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian with links to resources on
subjects from Art to Zoology.
Encyclozine
A Free online reference encyclopedia and dictionary with
articles and information on a wide range of topics in the arts, humanities,
sciences, and technology. It also features games, puzzles, quizzes, mazes,
and optical illusions.
Free Encyclopedias
Free CD software, just pay the shipping.
(Webster's millenium 2004, WorldBook 2003, 3D World Atlas & Almanac,
BodyWorks, Webster's History, Compton's Reference Collection, Writing Tutor,
New Millenium Children's Encyclopedia 2002, Grolier's Encyclopedia 2003)
Hutchinson Encyclopaedia of Plants
If you're green-fingered or love
plants and flowers, this is the place for you. Search over 1,500 entries, or
browse through the A-Z categories to discover all about the plant world.
HyperHistory
Over 2,000 files covering 3,000 years of world history.
InfoPlease Encyclopedia
Access more than 57,000 articles from the
Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
LetsFindOut.com
LookWAYup
This 250,000 entry English dictionary is twice as big as
Webster's; each term is linked to the thesaurus, much bigger than Roget's
thesaurus. Word of the day? Try word of the second, by reading level. With
translation to and from French, German, Spanish, Dutch, and Portuguese.
Medline Plus
The adam Health Illustrated Encyclopedia includes over
4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It
also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations.
Merk Manual of Health Information
Merck provides all of The Merck
Manuals on a not-for-profit basis as a service to the community.
Nolo's Legal Encyclopedia
Plain-English articles on the legal topics
that affect you most.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Symbols Encyclopedia
The Encyclopedia of World History
Ancient, Medieval and Modern.
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a free content wiki encyclopedia being written
collaboratively by contributors from around the world. Anyone can edit every
Wikipedia article except for a few protected pages. We started in January
2001 and are now working on 265853 articles in the English version.
WordIQ
Encyclopedia, WordIQ search, Dictionary, Dreams, the Web, Free
Toolbar (2004-05-14).
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