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Selection of Wikipedia articles chosen and checked for accuracy.
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The Jewish Encyclopedia For Kids is made as an online educational site for children who are interested in Jewish facts and history.
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Includes "Roget's International Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases" and Houghton-Mifflin's "Roget's II: The New Thesaurus," third edition.
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Collection of articles about famous women written by third and fourth grade students.
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Comprehensive online encyclopedia and database of over 51,000 entries.
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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.
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Provides complete text of Encyclopaedia Britannica with search capabilities, related links, and multimedia enhancements. Full text for subscribers only; free trial available.
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Links to on-line Smithsonian resources and answers to frequently asked questions from A to Z.
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Free resource offers more than 50,000 concise articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia.
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Over 50 'How Stuff Works' articles.
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Includes a world atlas, dictionary, thesaurus, multimedia collection, and homework tools.
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Encyclopedia of Music Instruments from around the World. Initiative of CHICO, the Cultural Heritage Information and Community Outreach University of Michigan School of Information, Stearns Museum of Musical Instruments, and School of Music
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A volunteer-run open content encyclopedia, inspired by the Open Directory Project.
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British online encyclopedia focuses on historical topics. Articles are geared toward students.
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Over 14,000 definitions of computer terms and concepts from CMP's TechWeb, online.
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Find articles on animal health care topics ranging from behavior and preventive care to common and not-so-common diseases.
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A free encyclopedia built collaboratively using Wiki software. (GNU Free Documentation License) and with over 1,000,000 articles. Note that because articles can be "vandalized," information on Wikipedia is not always accurate.
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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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An online encyclopedia with more than 400,000 pages of content.