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ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND ALMANACS
 High School to Adult Audience Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia Britannica Online Britannica
Online version of the renowned print Encyclopedia Britannica plus 8,000 articles not in the print set. Also includes 17,000 articles from the Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia, plus more than 200,000 entries from the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, links to related web sites, etc.
Encylopedia.com
Includes more than 17,000 articles from the Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Third Edition.
FactSearch (1984-) OCLC FirstSearch
Facts and statistics on topics of current interest. It is derived from over 1,000 newspapers, periodicals, newsletters, and documents. It corresponds to the printed publication, A Matter of Fact.
Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (Current) EBSCOHost
Includes the full-text of over 25,000 subject entries in the encyclopedia.
Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection Oxford University Press
The Premium Collection offers over 175 fully-indexed, cross-searchable dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press, including detailed information across a broad subject range from titles in the world-renowned Oxford Companions and Oxford Dictionaries series, plus the Visual English Dictionary, the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations and new heavily illustrated natural history titles such as the Encyclopedia of Mammals. The titles also include full-color maps and illustrations, timelines, weblinks, and bibliographies. (Note: Barton log in is required to access this resource from off campus.)
Spanish Reference Center (formerly Enciclopedia Universal en Espaņol) Britannica
Formerly the Enciclopedia Universal en Español, this site offers resources in Spanish for all ages in two interfaces, each with its own comprehensive encyclopedia: Gran Enciclopedia Planeta for high school ages and up (it features 145,000 articles plus timelines, an atlas, and a dictionary), and Enciclopedia Juvenil for ages 6-12, which provides a Spanish elementary encyclopedia, images, videos, and Spanish language learning materials specifically designed for younger learners.
World Almanac (Current) OCLC FirstSearch
View an online version of this popular reference book.
Children / Youth Audience Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Animals (current) EBSCOHost
Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.
Britannica Online for Kids--Public Library Edition Britannica
Britannica Online for Kids--Public Library Edition is geared toward elementary students and middle school students. Search results will include Compton's by Britannica, and Britannica Elementary articles as well as media, videos, Web sites, and learning materials. Magazine and journals from EBSCO are also available. Results from Merriam-Webster's dictionary and thesaurus will also be retrieved. Replaces Britannica Online School Edition.
Britannica Online Reference Center--Public Library Edition Britannica
Britannica Online Reference Center--Public Library Edition searches the Britannica Online encyclopedia as well as magazines, Web sites, and videos. You can also explore Learning Materials, a dictionary and thesaurus, atlases, timelines, and other features -- all at the appropriate age level. The Public Library Edition is geared toward high school students and up. Search results will include Encyclopedia Britannica and Britannica Concise Encyclopedia articles as well as media, web sites, and videos. Finally, from Merriam-Webster, results for the dictionary and thesaurus as well as the notable quotations will be retrieved. Replaces Britannica Online School Edition.
Searchasaurus EbscoHOST
This colorful and fun graphical search interface is intended for elementary and middle school students. EBSCO databases searchable through this interface are: American Heritage Children's Dictionary, Encyclopedia of Animals, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, Image Collections, Middle Search Plus, and Primary Search.
Last updated July 2, 2008
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