Reference & Research
Online Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
Look up a fast fact or browse subjects of interest with our online encyclopedias and dictionaries. This is the same authoritative content as in our print editions, but it is updated more frequently and you cna access it from anywhere.
Britannica for Kids, Encyclopedia Britannica School Edition, Grolier Online, and Webster's Dictionary are excellent resources for K-12 students.
Enciclopedia Juvenil and Gran Enciclopedia Planeta are Spanish-language resources that include encyclopedia articles, a dictionary, and an atlas.
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- Britannica for Kids (Encyclopaedia Britannica) — An online encyclopedia designed especially for younger students. Includes Compton's Encyclopedia and other resources.
- Enciclopedia Juvenil (Encyclopaedia Britannica) — Articles in Spanish, as well as photos and images, aimed at younger students.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Online (Encyclopaedia Britannica) — An online encyclopedia designed specifically for public libraries. Includes the Encyclopaedia Britannica and other resources.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Academic Edition (Encyclopaedia Britannica) — Includes Encyclopaedia Britannica, but geared toward the needs of college and university students.
- Encyclopedia Britannica School Edition (Encyclopaedia Britannica) — Gives teachers and students access to four complete encyclopedias geared toward classroom topics. Offers resources developed by teachers and correlated with Arkansas state curriculum standards.
- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (Ebscohost) — A general encyclopedia that covers a variety of subject areas.
- Gran Enciclopedia Planeta (Encyclopaedia Britannica) — A Spanish language encyclopedia that features 145,000 articles, as well as timelines, an atlas and a dictionary.
- New Schaff - Herzog Encyclopedia of Religion
- Webster's Third International Dictionary, Unabridged (Encyclopaedia Britannica) — A comprehensive, unabridged dictionary of the English language, with over 472,000 entries.
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