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» 2008/9 Wikipedia Selection for schools

A free, hand-checked, non-commercial selection from Wikipedia, targeted around the UK National Curriculum.

http://schools-wikipedia.org/

» Bartleby.com Reference

Reference site allows you to search over the Columbia Encyclopedia, the Encyclopedia of World History, fact books, thesauri, quotes, and more.

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

» Children's Encyclopedia of Women

Collection of articles about famous women written by third and fourth grade students.

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/womenenc/womenenc.htm

» EncycloZine: Learning Fun!

EncycloZine is a concise illustrated encyclopedic portal covering a wide range of topics in the arts, humanities, sciences, and technology. It also features games, puzzles, quizzes, and a multimedia gallery.

http://encyclozine.com/

» Encyclopaedia Britannica

Provides complete text of Encyclopaedia Britannica with search capabilities, related links, and multimedia enhancements. Free trial available.

http://www.britannica.com/

» Encyclopedia Smithsonian

Links to online Smithsonian resources and answers to frequently asked questions from A to Z.

http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/

» Encyclopedia.com

Free resource offers more tens of thousands of articles from multiple sources.

http://www.encyclopedia.com/

» How Stuff Works

Articles explain how hundreds of things work, from elements of the human body to space-age technology.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/

» Instrument Encyclopedia

A guide to more than musical 140 instruments from all parts of the world. Includes photographs and descriptions.

http://www2.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/

» Open Site

A volunteer-run open content encyclopedia, inspired by the Open Directory Project.

http://open-site.org/

» Spartacus Educational

British online encyclopedia focuses on historical topics. Articles are geared toward students.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/

» TechEncyclopedia

Contains descriptions and definitions of more than 14,000 computer terms and concepts.

http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia

» Wikipedia

Free volunteer-edited encyclopedia with over 2.1 million articles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

» World Book Encyclopedia

Offers in-depth information on a variety of subjects and educational activities for children.

http://www.worldbook.com/

» wordIQ.com

An online encyclopedia with more than 400,000 pages of content.

http://www.wordiq.com/encyclopedia.html