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Britannica Junior

Britannica Junior is designed for primary school students
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online

Search over 118,000 articles, including photographs, drawings, maps, and flags, from the complete 32 volume Encyclopædia Britannica, plus Britannica's Student Encyclopædia, Elementary Encyclopædia for younger students, and the Britannica Concise Encyclopædia.
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Grolier Online

The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia is based on the text of the Academic American Encyclopedia. Our subscription also includes access to New Book of Popular Science and Lands and People.
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Lands and People

Encyclopedia of Countries, Cultures, and Current Events. Resource for schools, from Grolier Online.
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New Book of Popular Science

Science for school students, plus Science in the News for Schools: Resource for school projects: includes articles on science, technology, and medical topics, from Grolier Online.
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World Book Kids

A revolutionary new site for younger students
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WorldBook Online

All articles from the 22 volume print set plus 3,700 more! Search thousands of articles from the World Book Year Book dating back to 1922.
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Bateman New Zealand Encyclopedia

Covers a wide range of subjects of historical and contemporary significance to New Zealand. 6th ed. Auckland, New Zealand: David Bateman, 2005
From The Gale Virtual Reference Library.
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Encyclopedia.com

Articles from The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Third Edition, with over 17,000 diverse articles.

How Stuff Works

Have you ever wondered how the engine in your car works, or what gears do, or what makes the inside of your refrigerator cold? A great place to learn how things work in the world around you. Good for science projects.

Information Please

Combining the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, and several up-to-the minute almanacs loaded with statistics, facts, and historical records, Information Please places the resources of an entire reference information center at your fingertips. Divided into World, Sports, Entertainment, US, People, Business, Living, Society, & Science and technology.

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary

Look up a definition, pronunciation, etymology, spelling, or usage point in the on-line version of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.

Word central

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