[WEB4LIB] Britannica Online

[Dan Lester]

Since connections to the www.britannica.com have failed repeatedly, that is 
hardly a good sign for them.  DNS says it is 208.154.71.59, but no connections.

dan


At 11:10 AM 10/19/99 -0700, Sloan, Bernie wrote:

>Encyclopedia Britannica is going to start offering Britannica Online for
>free via the Web, supported by ad revenues. The free version will also offer
>the text of about 75 magazines. Sounds like they will still maintain their
>for-fee ad-free version for schools and libraries.
>
>See the following for a bit more detail:
>
>http://www.latimes.com/business/19991019/t000094383.html
>http://www.mercurynews.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/008521.htm
>http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2376057,00.html
>
>Bernie Sloan
>Senior Library Information Systems Consultant
>University of Illinois Office for Planning and Budgeting
>338 Henry Administration Building
>506 S. Wright Street
>Urbana, IL  61801
>Phone:  (217) 333-4895
>Fax:      (217) 333-6355
>E-mail:  bernies at uillinois.edu

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