Encyclopedias (Reference Tools)

Encyclopedias Sites:

ATID Jewish Encyclopedia ATID Jewish Encyclopedia: The Jewish Encyclopedia For Kids is made as an online educational site for children who are interested in Jewish facts and history. (Encyclopedias) http://www.geocities.com/atid10/ency.htm Wikipedia Wikipedia: Free volunteer-edited encyclopedia with over 200,000 articles. (Encyclopedias) http://en.wikipedia.org World Book Encyclopedia World Book Encyclopedia: Offers in-depth information on a variety of subjects and educational activities for children. (Encyclopedias) http://www.worldbook.com/ TechEncyclopedia TechEncyclopedia: Contains descriptions and definitions of more than 14,000 computer terms and concepts. (Encyclopedias) http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/ Encyclopedia Smithsonian Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Links to online Smithsonian resources and answers to frequently asked questions from A to Z. (Encyclopedias) http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/start.htm wordIQ.com wordIQ.com: An online encyclopedia with more than 400,000 pages of content. (Encyclopedias) http://www.wordiq.com/encyclopedia.html Columbia Encyclopedia - 6th edition Columbia Encyclopedia - 6th edition: Comprehensive online encyclopedia and database of over 51,000 entries. (Encyclopedias) http://www.bartleby.com/65/ Children's Encyclopedia of Women Children's Encyclopedia of Women: Collection of articles about famous women written by third and fourth grade students. (Encyclopedias) http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/womenenc/womenenc.htm Instrument Encyclopedia Instrument Encyclopedia: A guide to more than musical 140 instruments from all parts of the world. Includes photographs and descriptions. (Encyclopedias) http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/ Bartleby.com Reference Bartleby.com Reference: Reference site allows you to search over the Columbia Encyclopedia, the Encyclopedia of World History, fact books, thesauri, quotes, and more. (Encyclopedias) http://www.bartleby.com/reference/ Grolier Online: The American Presidency Grolier Online: The American Presidency: A history of U.S. presidents, the presidency, politics and related subjects. Includes biographies for every president. (Encyclopedias) http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/preshome.html Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica: Provides complete text of Encyclopaedia Britannica with search capabilities, related links, and multimedia enhancements. Free trial available. (Encyclopedias) http://www.britannica.com/ How Stuff Works How Stuff Works: Articles explain how hundreds of things work, from elements of the human body to space-age technology. (Encyclopedias) http://www.howstuffworks.com/ VetCentric Encyclopedia VetCentric Encyclopedia: Find articles on animal health care topics ranging from behavior and preventive care to common and not-so-common diseases. (Encyclopedias) http://www.vetcentric.com/reference/encyc.cfm Encyclopedia.com Encyclopedia.com: Free resource offers more than 50,000 concise articles. (Encyclopedias) http://www.encyclopedia.com/ Spartacus Educational Spartacus Educational: British online encyclopedia focuses on historical topics. Articles are geared toward students. (Encyclopedias) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ Open Site Open Site: A volunteer-run open content encyclopedia, inspired by the Open Directory Project. (Encyclopedias) http://open-site.org/ EncycloZine: Learning Fun! EncycloZine: Learning Fun!: EncycloZine is a concise illustrated encyclopedic portal covering a wide range of topics in the arts, humanities, sciences, and technology. It also features games, puzzles, quizzes, and a multimedia gallery. (Encyclopedias) http://EncycloZine.com/ MSN Encarta Encyclopedia MSN Encarta Encyclopedia: Online home of the Encarta encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, multimedia collection, and homework tools. (Encyclopedias) http://encarta.msn.com/