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Encyclopedias

Additional Encyclopedias

Remember to evaluate free internet sources with a critical eye for errors and bias.

Bartleby Reference

http://www.bartleby.com/reference/

Bartleby.com offers multiple dictionaries and thesauri, such as: the Columbia Encyclopedia, The Encyclopedia of World History, and The World Factbook.

CIA World Factbook

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

Find basic facts about population, economy, and government. The Country Listing has an alphabetical arrangement of all the countries covered. Current data within the year.

Information Please

http://www.infoplease.com/

Search for fast facts with one look-up, in dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs.

NationMaster

http://www.nationmaster.com/

NationMaster compiles of data from the CIA World Factbook, UN, OECD and other surveying institutes and presents over 5700 statistics in categories such as geography, economics, lifestyle, crime and more. Statistics can be displayed graphically in several was, including map format. Statistics are sorted in to browsable categories. Links to country profiles and data sources are also included.

Wikipedia

http://www.wikipedia.org/

"The free encyclopedia that anyone can edit."

Take a look at the library's guide to Researching with Wikipedia.