online encyclopedias

[Jim Jatkevicius]

Grolier's Encyclopedia Americana Online is another option. A good product
at a very reasonable site license price, esp if you get consortium
pricing.

Jim Jatkevicius
Coordinator, Reference Services
Oboler Library
Idaho State University
jatkjim at isu.edu

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