Best of the Web—Online Encyclopedias
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Free Online Encyclopedias

Encarta

MSN's Online Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Atlas, and Study Center

Encyberpedia

A "living digital Encyclopedia"

Encyclopedia Britannica

Free Online Version of the famed resource.

Columbia Encyclopedia

Containing nearly 51,000 entries (marshalling six and one-half million words on a vast range of topics), and with more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references, the current Sixth Edition is among the most complete and up-to-date encyclopedias ever produced.

Encyclopedia.com

Encyclopedia.com, the Internet's premiere free encyclopedia, provides users with more than 57,000 frequently updated articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Each article is enhanced with links to newspaper and magazine articles as well as pictures and maps - all provided by HighBeam Research.

Encyclopedia Mythica

From the site's creators:

"lease enter the award-winning internet encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and religion. Here you will find everything from A-gskw to Zveda Vechanyaya, with plenty in between.

The mythology section is divided to six geographical regions: Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania. Each region has many clearly defined subdivisions that will ease your search. The Folklore section contains general folklore, Arthurian legends, and fascinating folktales from many lands.

In addition, we feature special interest areas to enhance and refine your research. A Bestiary, legendary heroes, an image gallery, and genealogical tables of various pantheons and prominent houses.

To bring our entities to life, we have created an image gallery, where you will find hundreds of images of all kinds of deities, heroes, and strange creatures of every description. "

Encyclopedia Smithsonian

Encyclopedia Smithsonian helps answer frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian with links to resources on subjects from Art to Zoology.

Facts Encyclopedia

From the famed RefDesk site.

Wikipedia

The biggest multilingual open access encyclopedia on the internet. Over 500000 articles and still growing.

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