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• 1902 Encyclopedia

  http://www.1902encyclopedia.com/
  Articles and illustrations from the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th Edition (1875) and 10th Edition (1902). Searchable by keyword and browsable by subject index.

• Encyclopaedia Britannica Online

  http://www.britannica.com/
  Provides selected articles for free, full text with search capabilities, multimedia and related links for subscribers.

• Encyclopedia 123

  http://www.encyclopedia123.com/
  Alphabetical arrangement of information from the late 1800s.

• Encyclopedia Smithsonian

  http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/
  Links to on-line Smithsonian resources and answers to frequently asked questions from A to Z.

• HighBeam Encyclopedia

  http://www.encyclopedia.com/
  Offers articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia and Britannica Concise Encyclopedia.

• How Stuff Works

  http://www.howstuffworks.com/
  Articles explain how hundreds of things work, from elements of the human body to space-age technology.

• Information Please

  http://www.infoplease.com/
  Online dictionary, Columbia Encyclopedia, and almanac reference.

• Infosnacks

  http://www.infosnacks.com/
  Offers concise snippets of information across categories such as beverages, games and geography.

• Mashpedia

  http://mashpedia.com/
  Multimedia, featuring text and videos. Results can be sorted into most recent or popular, guides or facts.

• Nuttall Encyclopædia of General Knowledge

  http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wood-NuttallEncyclopaedia/
  Approximately 14,000 entries on topics including art, geography, literature, philosophy, religion. Originally published in 1907.

• Online Encyclopedia

  http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/
  Offers articles from on the 11th edition Encyclopedia Britannica, and from the Crystal Reference Encyclopedia. All articles are searchable and alphabetized.

• Simple English Wikipedia

  http://simple.wikipedia.org/
  User-contributed online encyclopedia intended for people whose first language is not English.

• WikiFigures

  http://wikifigures.com/
  Offers charts covering aspects such as government debt and population, for each country of the world. Includes a guide on how to read the chart. Translated into multiple languages.

• World Book Encyclopedia

  http://www.worldbook.com/
  Online version of the complete reference work along with dictionary, atlas, links, magazines, historical documents, audio, video, images, and 3D photographs. Requires free temporary registration with option to buy continued access for full articles.

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