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General Encyclopedias
Answers.com
One search box that provides access to multiple general and subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, and other information resources.
The Columbia Encyclopedia - Contains lots of articles and biographies with little overlapping information, but lots of cross-references. From Bartleby.com.
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
According to Peter Jacso, Peter's Digital Reference Shelf, March 2002, "Where BCE really shines is with the substantial definition of many words and names. these are longer than the ones in the comparable encyclopedias and BCE has definitions for terms which do not even occur in other concise encyclopedias, let alone as main entries." Its weakness is currency -- no additions since mid-2000.
Encarta Online Encyclopedia
A free subset of the Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe, the site includes the Encarta World English Dictionary and Atlas.
Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia / World Almanac
Search defaults to all almanacs and the encyclopedia. To search Funk & Wagnalls only, set the “Limit to: Book” drop down menu located beneath the search boxes to “Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia” Off campus access will require your BronoWeb ID and password.
Subject Encyclopedias
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Off-campus access requires BroncoWeb ID and Password. Includes encyclopedias in the following subjects: Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment, History, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation and World, Religion, Science, Social Science.
How Stuff Works
In-depth illustrated articles that explain how things work. Limited to the following subjects: Auto, Business & Money, Communication, Computer, Electronics, Entertainment, Food & Recipes, Health, Home & Garden, People, Science, Travel.