Encyclopedias
General:
Encyclopedia Britannica online - This resource is provided via a RAIUL Library subscription. Access to 73,000+ in-depth articles. This site is not free on the Internet. You see only the first few lines of each article. Access here is via Library subscription and allows you to access the whole content of the Britannica. For offcampus access use this link and enter your Library user-number (039*******) when prompted.
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Other content includes:
- Images and Multimedia - 22,000 educational images and short videos
- Journals and Magazines - 700 periodicals from EBSCOhost and ProQuest.
- Internet Guide - websites reviewed and rated by Britannica editors
The above form part of the regular search results. Additional, special searches, include:
- Gateway to the Classics - 220 works by 140 western influential authors
- Notable Quotations - over 4000 quotes
- World Data Analyst - view and compare country data
- World Atlas - detailed maps and profiles of all countries of the world
- News feeds - from the BBC, SBS World News and the New York Times
Encyclopedia.com (via Bartleby.com) - 57,000 articles from the American Columbia Encyclopedia.
Encyclopedia.com (via Electric Library).
MSN Encarta - only 4,500 articles.
Wikipedia - 170,000 articles but composed and edited by volunteers and authority is not guaranteed.
Citizendium - Wiki, with stricter editing rules and obligatory disclosure of editor's real names. More authoritative!
Specialist:
Europa World Plus - This resource is provided via a RAIUL Library subscription. Europa World Plus is the online version of the Europa World Year Book and the nine-volume Regional Surveys of the World series covering political and economic information in more than 250 countries and territories. Hardcopies of this series can be found in the Reference collection.
Oxford Art Online - This resource is provided via a RAIUL Library subscription. Online access to the entire text of the acclaimed 34-volume Dictionary of Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms,
plus a vast range of additional material. 45,000 articles, 20,000 biographies, and access to over 100,000 images from the Bridgeman Art Library.
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online - This resource is provided via a RAIUL Library subscription. Do not be put off by the title Philosophy - this resource covers philosophy, but also psychology, religion, ethics, politics, social science, feminism, philosophy of science, environmental ethics and postmodernism amongst other topics.
EH Net - Online economic history encyclopedia. Includes: How much is that worth today? Compare the purchasing power of money in Great Britain from 1600 to any other year up to the present.
Encyclopedia of Monsters, Mythical Creatures and Fabulous Beasts - Alphabetical guide to monsters and mythical beasts of legend, produced by Gareth Long.
Encyclopedia Mythica - an encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, legends, and more, it contains over 6000 definitions of gods and goddesses, supernatural beings and legendary creatures and monsters from all over the world.
Encyclopedia Titanica - "A unique resource for anyone interested in the Titanic. Over 2,100 individual passenger and crew biographies, regularly updated passenger and crew listings, exclusive research articles and ongoing discussions about the Titanic."
How things are made - "Explains and details the manufacturing process of a wide variety of products, from daily household items to complicated electronic equipment and heavy machinery. The site provides step by step descriptions of the assembly and the manufacturing process (complemented with illustrations and diagrams) Each product also has related information such as the background, how the item works, who invented the product, raw materials that were used, product applications, by-products that are generated, possible future developments, quality control procedures, etc."
Jewish Encyclopedia - This website contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, which was originally published between 1901-1906. It contains over 15,000 articles and illustrations.
