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ENCYCLOPEDIAS  
   
Answers.com  
Encyclopedia aggregator and one-stop-shop for academic information.  
www.answers.com - Aggregator  
   
Britannica  
Featuring 100,000 scholarly articles. Highly respected.  
www.britannica.com - Encyclopedia  
   
Catholic Encyclopedia  
10,000 articles on Catholic history, interests, and doctrine.  
www.newadvent.org/cathen - Religion  
   
Columbia  
Columbia's online encyclopedia offers 51,000 entries (and pop-up ads).  
www.bartleby.com - Encyclopedia  
   
Computer Desktop Encyclopedia  
Featuring 20,000 topics and 2,500 images. Search field at bottom of page.  
www.computerlanguage.com - Computers  
   
Encyclopedia Mythica
Encyclopedia Mythica
 
Premier encyclopedia covering mythology, folklore, and religion.  
www.pantheon.org - Mythology  
   
Encyclopedia of Life  
Database of scientific information on and photographs of known species.  
www.eol.org - Biology  
   
Encyclopedia of Philosophy  
Hundreds of original contributions by philosophy experts and volunteers.  
www.iep.utm.edu - Philosophy  
   
Encyclopedia of Symbols  
2,500 western signs and ideograms grouped by graphic characteristics.  
www.symbols.com - Symbols  
   
Encyclopedia Smithsonian  
Online resources from the Smithsonian Institution.  
www.si.edu - Encyclopedia  
   
Europeana  
Digital collection of scientific and cultural texts, images, videos, and sounds.  
www.europeana.eu  
   
Freebase  
Open database of the world's information.  
www.freebase.com - Encyclopedia  
   
How Stuff Works  
Source for easy-to-understand explanations of how things work.  
www.howstuffworks.com - Science  
   
Medline Medical Encyclopedia (by ADAM)  
Diseases, symptoms, injuries, and more with photographs and illustrations.  
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus - Medical Encyclopedia  
   
Reference.com  
Encyclopedia aggregator. Sources include Columbia Encyclopedia and Wikipedia.  
www.reference.com - Information Aggregator  
   
Scholarpedia  
Peer-reviewed open-access encyclopedia written by scholars from around the world.  
www.scholarpedia.org  
   
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy  
Hundreds of refereed encyclopedia entries.  
plato.stanford.edu - Philosophy  
   
Who2  
Encyclopedia of more than 3,000 famous people and fictional characters.  
www.who2.com - Famous People  
   
Wikipedia  
Find more than 2,000,000 entries, written and edited by users.  
www.wikipedia.org - Encyclopedia  
   
World Book  
Traditional encyclopedia in print since 1917. Subscription required.  
worldbook.com - Encyclopedia  
   
World Digital Library  
Archive of primary materials from cultures around the world.  
wdl.org - Encyclopedia