Encyclopedias

Not quite an expert on your subject? Think a little background reading on your topic will help you make more careful decisions about the accuracy of other information you've found? Try an encyclopedia!

A - Z Encyclopedia
http://school.discovery.com/
homeworkhelp/worldbook/
Free access to selected articles on history, geography, and science. From "Discovery Channel School, original content provided by World Book Online

Britannica Online
http://www.britannica.com
This is a partial version of the Encyclopedia Britannica in its on-line format! If you want more information, use another online encyclopedia, or subscribe to Britannica. (You can always come to the Library and use the print version for free!)

Catholic Encyclopedia
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/
New Advent's online version of the 1908 resource is valuable as much as a resource for history and philosophy as for religion. BCC has the 1968 edition in hard cover in the Reference section.

Columbia Encyclopedia
http://www.bartleby.com/65/
Published in 2001, this is the largest single volume encyclopedia available. The online version contains nearly 51,000 entries , and with more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references. The current Sixth Edition is among the most complete and up-to-date encyclopediæ ever produced"

Encarta
http://encarta.msn.com/
Microsofts free encyclopedia it provides easy searching encyclopedia with almost 40,000 articles and more than 12,000 photos, illustrations, maps, charts, and tables. There's also an online atlas and dictionary.