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
The Poetry of Pain - Washington Post -
21 Nov 2008 at 3:46pm
Gayle danley tells Deerfield Run Elementary School students one of her Five Steps to Slam: Cut the fat. (Veronika Lukasova) Student Shantel Cheeks, standing, gets tips on adding "flava," while Britney Holiday, seated, far left, and Sonji Ruffin ...
Webster's New WorldŽ College Dictionary Announces Top Five Candidates for 200... -
21 Nov 2008 at 7:00am
At the end of every year, the editors at Webster's New World review collected research and create a short list of words that have yet to appear in the dictionary but hold intrinsic linguistics qualities that merit consideration for entry into the Webster's New World lexicon.
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