Web Directory

» Bartleby.com
   Includes the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, dictionaries, and thesauri.
   http://www.bartleby.com/

» Britannica Concise
   Featuring 28,000 short articles.
   http://concise.britannica.com/

» Classic Encyclopedia
   Browsable online version of the 1911 edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
   http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/

» Encyberpedia
   Electronic encyclopedia with its own content as well as over 10,000 links to the best reference sites on the Internet.
   http://www.encyberpedia.com/cyberlinks/links/index.html

» Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
   Provides complete text of Encyclopaedia Britannica with search capabilities, related links, and multimedia enhancements. Full text for subscribers only; free trial available.
   http://www.britannica.com/

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

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

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

» Hutchinson Encyclopedia
   "A subset of the content (concise set) is provided for free, the access to the rest of the Hutchinson Encyclopedia requires subscription."
   http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/

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

» Knol
   Peer-reviewed encyclopedia from Google. Articles are written by named contributors.
   http://knol.google.com/

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

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

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

» The Probert Encyclopaedia
   Reference source with entries covering a broad variety of subjects.
   http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com

» Wikinfo
   User edited encyclopedia based on Wiki software. Contains articles, information on editing, and a list of differences between this encyclopedia and Wikipedia.
   http://www.wikinfo.org/

» World Book Encyclopedia
   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.
   http://www.worldbook.com/