- Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Get basic information on thousands of topics covering history, politics, literature, news, and the arts.
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- Encyclopædia Britannica Online
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- An Internet directory that includes thousands of links to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors.
- Access to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus.
- Britannica Heritage, which explores articles, images, and media from past editions of the encyclopedia. It will include studies of the changes through the editions, contributions from notable people, and collections of historical maps, etc.
- Multimedia and full-motion video.
- An additional timeline browse feature for searching historical events.
- An interactive World Atlas to search history, geography, government, or the economy.
- Timelines - Trace developments and changes in several different subject areas with Britannica's timelines. Available at three different reading levels and rich with images, the timelines include links to articles in the encyclopedias.
- Year in Review Browse - Gain new insights into significant events and people of the recent past by browsing by year through Britannica Books of the Year.
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- Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
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- AccessScience
Contains over 7,000 articles, 115,000 definitions, and biographies of more than 1,200 scientists. Online version of print McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology.
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- McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
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MHEST.com, a free online companion to the 10th Edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. The site has been completely redesigned and now features an index search tool, more supplemental articles, 9 Spotlights including audio interviews and other rich media from AccessScience, related McGraw-Hill titles, and additional multimedia offerings.
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- Cambridge Collections Online (CCO)
Full-text of over 200 Cambridge Companions in Literature and Classics; and Philosophy, Religion and Culture. Includes over 2,200 essays on these topics.
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Topics include Plato, Luther, Jane Austen, Tom Stoppard, Stravinsky, the French Novel, and Jewish American Literature.
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