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April 22, 2005Encarta is not Wikipedia
No, Microsoft's Encarta reference service is not Wikipedia, but they're going to be experimenting with a feature that will allow anyone to make additions or changes to articles, according to an Associated Press story. Of course editors will review any...
April 09, 2005Hey, When did Britannica Get RSS Feeds?
The Encyclopedia Britannica Web site is offering an RSS feed. Wild. Get more information about it at https://account.britannica.com/rss_faq.html ; note you don't actually need to have an account in order to get the RSS feed. Apparently there's only one feed...
Continue reading "Hey, When did Britannica Get RSS Feeds?" » March 11, 2004Britannica Debuts New Primary Documents Collection
Britannica has announced a new collection of primary documents, called, strangely enough, Encyclopaedia Britannica's Original Sources. According to the press release this new collection contains over 350,000 documents, including over 5,500 books. It's available for licensing to universities, libraries, and...
Continue reading "Britannica Debuts New Primary Documents Collection" » January 31, 2002Myths, Legends, and Folklore in Encyclopedia
Myths, legends, and folklore information are available in the Encyclopedia Mythica at http://www.pantheon.org/mythica.h tml. This resource, which is over six years old, has over 5700 articles about people, objects, and animals that are featured in folklore and myth. The site...
Continue reading "Myths, Legends, and Folklore in Encyclopedia" » October 11, 2001Speaking of Encyclopedias...
Speaking of encyclopedias, you probably remember that several months ago Encyclopedia Britannica announced that it would no longer be free. This decision has been implemented; you can still search the online encyclopedia but you'll get only the first part of...
March 12, 2001Bartleby Updates Columbia Encyclopedia
Columbia Encyclopedia. The new encyclopedia (available at http://www.bartleby.com/65/ ) has faster full-text searching, an index of over 17,000 biographical entries, and what looks like more multimedia cross-referencing. ...
March 06, 2000The 6th Edition of the Columbia Encyclopedia
Reader HC sent in a tip to the 6th Edition to the Columbia Encyclopedia at http://www.bartleby.com/65/ . If you're used to the full-spectrum multimedia parade of Britannica.com, this encyclopedia is a bit of a shock. There's no splashy front page,...
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