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Britannica.com you can access the collection of condensed articles by keyword search, by browsing alphabetically, or by subject.
Encarta Online offers 17,000 articles from their CD-ROM encyclopaedia, hundreds of related multimedia clips, a talking dictionary, a world atlas, and Schoolhouse (a resource for educators.)
Encyclopedia Smithsonian features answers to frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian and links to Smithsonian resources on subjects from Art to Zoology.
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