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- 1911 Encyclopedia (1911Encyclopedia.org)
"The LoveToKnow Free Online Encyclopedia is based on what many consider to be the best encyclopedia ever written: the eleventh edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, first published in 1911. At a time when many encyclopedias have capsulated and condensed important knowledge, the 11th edition is generally much more in-depth and thorough on it's topics. It is not uncommon for our entries to be 5 to 10 times the length of other encyclopedias."
"The Eleventh Edition filled 29 volumes and contains over 44 million words. It contains over 40,000 articles written by over 1,500 authors within their various fields of expertise. What was particularly remarkable was that many of the entries were written by the most famous people of the age. Henry Ford, for example, wrote the article on mass production. As such, it was considered to represent the sum of human knowledge at the beginning of the 20th Century."
Editor's Note: This encyclopedia was published in 1911 and does not reflect changes or discoveries since then. 10-04
- Atlas and Geography (Information Please)
Provides information for K-12 students from an atlas. Select the geographic area from the map and then see the descriptions of government, people, and more.
- Columbia Encyclopedia 1 (Columbia University Press)
"The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia contains almost 52,000 entries (marshalling six and one-half million words on a vast range of topics), with more than 84,000 hypertext cross-references. Columbia Encyclopedia is among the most complete and up-to-date electronic encyclopedias ever produced." The search engine is very fast and the site includes an index for browsing. 10-04
- Columbia Encyclopedia 2 (Bartleby.com)
"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." The search engine is slow. 10-04
- Columbia Encyclopedia 3 (Factmonster.com)
Provides a children's interface for the Columbia Encyclopedia. 10-04
- Encyclopedia (Encyclopedia.com)
Provides information by search engine or alphabetic order. Uneven in quality of online material available. Sometimes provides good information and other times provides an incentive to subscribe to the eLibrary, a commercial product. 6-02
- Encyclopedia Britannica
Provides coverage by subject, but often includes no more than 75 words for free. Includes a search engine. Sometimes visitors misspell as Brittanica or Brittannica. 11-99
- Encyclopedias (LibrarySpot.com)
Provides a short list of encyclopedias by several general topics. 1-02
- Encyclozine (Encyclozine.com)
Focuses more on recreation activities, such as puzzles, than other "encyclopedias." 10-04
- Gurupedia
Provides coverage by subject. 8-05
- Internet Public Library (Internet Public Library)
Provides links to select content by topic and functions somewhat like an encyclopedia. 10-04
- Libraries and Encyclopedias Search (Internet Oracle)
Provides over two dozen search engines from libraries and encyclopedias. 04-07
- Questia Search (Questia.com)
Searches for articles in books, journals, magazines, research, newspapers, and encyclopedias. Requires an email address before providing the service. 01-07
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