reference resources
Databases
- Encyclopedia Britannica - The online version of this well-known
encyclopedia, as well as the Merriam-Webster Collegiate
Dictionary and the Collegiate Thesaurus.
Websites
- The
Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition - This
is an online version of the 2000 edition of the Columbia
Encyclopedia, a one volume, short-entry encyclopedia with
over 50,000 entries.
- Encarta
(Concise) Encyclopedia - Microsoft's
free version of encyclopedia which contains 16,000 articles
and more than 2,200 photos, illustrations, maps, charts,
and tables.
- Encyberpedia - An
annotated listing of subject-oriented encyclopedias available
on the Web.
- Encyclopedia.com -
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 HighBeam Research.
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Encyclopedia
Smithsonian - Provides
answers to frequently asked questions at the famous museum. Includes
information on the armed forces history, anthropology,
mineral sciences, musical history, physical sciences, services,
textiles conservation, transportation history, and vertebrate
zoology.
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High Beam
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 HighBeam Research."
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How Stuff Works
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HowStuffWorks is the leading source of credible, unbiased, and
easy-to-understand explanations of how the world actually works.
Founded by North Carolina State University Professor Marshall
Brain in 1998, the site has since grown to be an award-winning
online resource for millions of people of all ages.
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Wikipedia
- A free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
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