The Best of ENCYCLOPEDIAS on the Internet
Library Spot Encyclopedias
Convenient links to popular online encyclopedias including Britannica.com, Columbia Encyclopedia, Encarta Online, Encyclopedia.com, How Stuff Works, Information Please and Xrefer.
www.libraryspot.com/encyclopedias.htm
RefDesk
Refdesk is the Internet's reference desk, with dozens of links for Fast Facts, Quick Reference, a Facts Subject Index,
Newspapers - USA & Worldwide, Search Engine Resources, Internet Help, and Writing Web Documents.
There's also a Facts Encyclopedia with over seventy volumes of indexed subjects and Facts Subject Index with twenty-four subject categories.
www.refdesk.com/factency.html
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia written collaboratively by its readers. The site is a Wiki, meaning that anyone
can edit almost any article. Wikipedia contains a huge amount of information on all sorts of subjects ranging
from politics, science, history, music, religion, pop culture, and sports to everything and anything in between.
wikipedia.org
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//
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);
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);
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"www.findforward.com/?q=site:ask-leo.com+$szTopicsSearch&t=get-rss",
);
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//
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"rssnewsapps.ziffdavis.com/msw.xml",
"www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/userland/Technology.xml",
"www.microsite.reuters.com/rss/technologyNews",
"slashdot.org/slashdot.rss",
"www.theregister.co.uk/tonys/slashdot.rdf",
"arstechnica.com/etc/rdf/ars.rdf",
"rssnewsapps.ziffdavis.com/tech.xml",
"www.infoworld.com/rss/news.xml",
"kbalertz.com/rss/winxp.xml",
"kbalertz.com/rss/ie600.xml",
"www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/expertzone.xml",
);
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"arstechnica.com/etc/rdf/ars.rdf",
"rssnewsapps.ziffdavis.com/tech.xml",
"www.infoworld.com/rss/news.xml",
"www.bigblueball.com/rss.xml",
);
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$szTopicsDisplay = "
" . $szTopicsDisplay . " in the News
";
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