Encyclopedias

Britannica.com
Encyclopedia Britannica is available h ere for free but there is much more to be found. News from washingtonpost.com and articles from magazines, such as Newsweek and The Economist.
http://www.britannica.com

Encyberpedia
http://www.encyberpedia.com/ency.htm

Encyclopedia .com
The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia is the framework for this site. Each entry is has links to related Web sites, articles, documents, maps and pictures from Electric Library.
http://www.encyclopedia.com

Encyclopedia Britannica
For fee.
http://www.eb.com

Encyclopedia Mythica
Follow the links.
http://www.pantheon.org/miscellaneous/

Encyclopedia of the Orient
Lots of information on North Africa and the Middle East.
http://www.i-cias.com/e.o/index.htm? ?

Encyclopedia.Com
http://www.encyclopedia.com/

Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Online
For fee, two-week free trial is available.
http://gme.grolier.com

Grolier Online?
http://go.grolier.com/

Information Please!
http://www.infoplease.com/

Librarians' Index to the Internet
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/

PC Webopaedia
This site will provide you with, on-technical definition with hot links to related terms and articles. ?
http://www.pcwebopedia.com

Symbols .com
You will find more than 2,500 Western symbols indexed here. The articles discuss their histories, meanings and uses. There is a Graphic Index to describe a doodle and help find its meaning, or you may use the Word Index to select the definition to help locate the symbol.
http://www.symbols.com

World Book Online
For fee Daily history tidbits and articles related to the day's news can be found here. You will find 3-D Bubble images, videos, historic articles, sounds and maps.30-day free trial is an available.
http://www.worldbookonline.com

Britannica.com
Encyclopedia Britannica is available here for free but there is much more to be found. News from washingtonpost.com and articles from magazines, such as Newsweek and The Economist.
http://www.britannica.com