online encyclopedias

[Rich Greenfield]

More than 17,000 articles from The Concise Columbia Electronic
Encyclopedia, Third Edition are searchable online for free at
http://encyclopedia.com/   

Related links turn the encyclopeida into a subject-oriented front-end to
the Elecontic Library.

 At 11:03 AM 1/27/98 -0800, Terry Plummer wrote:
>Dear Deanne,
>	Encyclopedia Americana is also available online.  Disadvantage to
>Britannica -- they don't allow dial-in users unless it's a campus.
>	Terry Plummer
>
>	Terry Plummer	
>	e> plummer at lib.de.us            * Delaware Division of Libraries
>	v> 302-739-4748 ext 119         * 43 South DuPont Highway
>	f> 302-739-6948                 * Dover, DE 19901
>
>On Tue, 27 Jan 1998, DEANNE LUCK wrote:
>
>> Is Britannica the only encyclopedia available online with a site
>> license?  Everyone seems to like it pretty well - what are some of its
>> disadvantages?  Anybody have another they like better?
>> 
>> Also, we're thinking about getting a "Reference CD workstation" to 
>> handle stand alone CD reference-type titles.  What are people's 
>> favorites (not GPO - we've got them on a Gov't Info workstation)?
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> DeAnne Luck
>> Electronic Resources Librarian
>> Austin Peay State University
>> LuckDL at apsu01.apsu.edu
>> 
>> 
>
>
>



Rich Greenfield, Technology Coordinator
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