The Best of ENCYCLOPEDIAS on the Internet
Library Spot Encyclopedias
Convenient links to popular online encyclopedias including Britannica.com, Columbia Encyclopedia, Encarta Online, Encyclopedia.com, How Stuff Works, Information Please and Xrefer.
www.libraryspot.com/encyclopedias.htm
RefDesk
Refdesk is the Internet's reference desk, with dozens of links for Fast Facts, Quick Reference, a Facts Subject Index,
Newspapers - USA & Worldwide, Search Engine Resources, Internet Help, and Writing Web Documents.
There's also a Facts Encyclopedia with over seventy volumes of indexed subjects and Facts Subject Index with twenty-four subject categories.
www.refdesk.com/factency.html
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia written collaboratively by its readers. The site is a Wiki, meaning that anyone
can edit almost any article. Wikipedia contains a huge amount of information on all sorts of subjects ranging
from politics, science, history, music, religion, pop culture, and sports to everything and anything in between.
wikipedia.org
Encyclopedias in the News
Google opens its online encyclopedia to all users - Silicon Valley -
24 Jul 2008 at 4:24pm
Google is taking the wraps off an Internet encyclopedia designed to give people a chance to show off - and profit from - their expertise on any topic. The service, dubbed "knol" in reference to a unit of knowledge, had been limited to an invitation ...
It's better to give (Redlands Daily Facts) -
24 Jul 2008 at 2:00pm
Defining philanthropy in words is difficult. Dictionaries and encyclopedias each put their own spin on what it means. The American Heritage Dictionary may be the most accurate, defining philanthropy as "the effort or inclination to increase the well-being of humankind, as by charitable aid or donations."
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