REFERENCE SHELF: Encyclopedias and Almanacs
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Canadian Encyclopedia
"The site contains the full text of The Canadian Encyclopedia in both English and French. The entire text can be searched via the simple search or advanced search and the user can switch languages at any time." [Full Description] http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/
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CIA World Fact Book (US Govt)
Latest edition of annual survey, with profiles of all countries and territories from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.[Full Description] http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS552 Text of previous editions, 1991-present
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Citizendium
A wiki encyclopedia project started by a founder of Wikipedia to create a free encyclopedia that is reliable as well as comprehensive. Contributors are required to use their real names. Citizendium stands for "Citizens' Compendium."[Full Description] http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Welcome_to_Citizendium
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Columbia Encyclopedia
Over 50,000 article entries, 40,000 bibliographic citations, and over 80,000 cross-reference entries. The entire Columbia Encyclopedia database is full-text searchable.[Full Description] http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/
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Encarta Reference
Free version of the Encarta Encyclopedia. Also includes dictionary and atlas.[Full Description] http://encarta.msn.com/artcenter_/browse.html
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
[UCSD Only]
Search the complete text of one of the world's most authoritative general encyclopedias, augmented by continuing updates and related websites. Also includes Britannica's Internet Guide and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.[Full Description] http://search.eb.com Print editions in Library
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Encyclopaedia Britannica - Concise
A free one-volume encyclopedia that includes 25,000 short entries. [Full Description] http://concise.britannica.com/
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Encyclopaedia Judaica (Second Edition, 2007)
[UCSD Only]
Covers every aspect of Jewish history, culture and society around the world. First new edition in 35 years. [Full Description] URL too long to display Print version available in library (22 vols)
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Encyclopedia of Life
Comprehensive, authenticated information on the world's biodiversity. Entries on over 160,000 species and links to over 14 million pages of the biodiversity literature. [Full Description] http://www.eol.org
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Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
[UCSD Only]
The Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages provides 3,000 concise and detailed articles on all aspects of the period from the fifth to the fifteenth century.[Full Description] http://www.oxford-middleages.com/?authstatuscode=202
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Encyclopedia.com
Composed of more than 14,000 high-quality articles from The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Third Edition.[Full Description] http://www.encyclopedia.com/
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Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
[UCSD Only]
Indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. The database contains various images, offers brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas. This database is updated annually. [Full Description] URL too long to display
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Infoplease Search Page
Search or browse almanacs, atlas, encyclopedia, dictionary by entering your search terms in the box or use the A -Z alphabetical index. [Full Description] http://www.infoplease.com/
14.
Knol: A Unit of Knowledge
Online encyclopedia from Google. Knols are authoritative articles about specific topics. Author names appear on each article. Anyone can create a page, however, revisions are not made active until the author accepts, rejects or modifies the changes. [Full Description] http://knol.google.com/k
15.
Old Farmer's Almanac
Includes tide tables, sun/moon rise and set information, planting charts, recipes, weather forecasts, and more.[Full Description] http://www.almanac.com/
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Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance
[UCSD Only]
This encyclopedia provides authoritative and up-to-date information about theatre and performance from ancient Greek theatre to the latest developments in London, Paris, New York, and around the globe. In addition to performances in playhouses, it covers [Full Description] URL too long to display
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Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a multilingual project to create a complete and accurate free content encyclopedia. Started in January 2001 and currently over 2,000,000 articles in the English version. [Full Description] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
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World Almanac
[UCSD Only]
Includes World Almanac and Book of Facts, World Almanac of U.S.A., World Almanac of U.S. Politics and Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. Use advanced search screen to search the whole collection or individual books.[Full Description] http://uclibs.org/PID/16671 |
