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- Canadian
Encyclopedia On-Line
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?TCE_Version=A
- L'Encyclopedie
canadienne
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?TCE_Version=F
- World
Book
http://www.worldbookonline.com/
Simcoe County students and parents, contact your school teacher-librarian
for the login and password to access World Book Online.
- DK
Encyclopedia
http://www.dke-encyc.com/
DK and Google together feature links on:
- Britanica
On-Line
http://www.britannica.com/
The free on-line version provides partial access to the resource. A
paid subscription is necessary to access the whole encyclopedia.
- Encarta
On-line Abridged Encyclopedia and World Atlas
http://encarta.msn.com/
Short entries are available here. Link to
lesson plans listed by subjects.
- Digital
History
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
An interactive U. S. history textbook including well-arranged links
to primary sources, an "Ask a Historian" section, classroom
handouts, audiovisual archives, encyclopedia, essays and more.
- Howstuffworks
http://www.howstuffworks.com/index.htm
Explanations for how stuff works: computer, auto, electronics, science,
home, entertainment, money, travel, and people stuff. With printer friendly
pages.
- New
Advent Catholic Encyclopedia
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/
The Catholic Encyclopedia, as its name implies, proposes to give
its readers full and authoritative information on the entire cycle of
Catholic interests, action and doctrine. It records all that Catholics
have done, not only in behalf of charity and morals, but also for the
intellectual and artistic development of mankind.
- The
Perseus Digital Library
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
Digital library for the the study of humanities.
Level: Intermediate, Senior
- Infoplease
encyclopedia search
(from Columbia Encyclopedia 6th edition)
http://ln.infoplease.com/encyclopedia.html
Search by keyword. Also includes a biography search.
Level: Primary, Junior
- Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia written collaboratively by many of its
readers
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Wikipedia Introduction c - outines how to edit articles
- The
Encyclopedia Mythica
http://www.pantheon.org
This is an encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, legends, and more.
It contains over 5100 definitions of gods and goddesses, supernatural
beings and legendary creatures and monsters from all over the world.
Well indexed and includes genealogy tables of the gods and goddesses.
Level: Junior, Intermediate, Senior
- Encyclopedia
of Greek Mythology
http://www.mythweb.com/encyc/index.html
Alphabetized list of Greek mythology terms, gods and goddesses.
- The
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/
Text-based site outlining the philosophers of the world. Check out
the timeline link.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://plato.stanford.edu/
Text-based site providing biographies of the philosophers throughout
the world.
- Encyclopaedia
of British History 1700 - 1950
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/industry.html
Scroll down to select from a list of topics. Includes interesting
links to the Industrial Revolution and Child Labour.
- The
Great Buildings Collection
http://www.greatbuildings.com/
A comprehensive listing of buildings around the world sorted by:
building type, architect, and location. Also sorted
by: architectural style, world timeline, special places,
construction type, climates, landscape context, architectural element,
most visited.
- Instrument
Encyclopedia
http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/
Browse the list of instruments or search by geographic area. Mainly
a text-based site- some pictures.
- Encyclopedia
Smithsonian
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/start.htm
Topics listed alphabetically from Art to Zoology.
- Platonic
Realms
http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/
A math moment, daily historical note, daily quote, daily math challenge
Copyright
2001
Pat Elliott, Library Specialist
Thursday February 23, 2006 9:13 PM
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