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Britannica for Kids

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.

Encyclopedia.com  is composed of 50,000 articles from the Columbia Encyclopaedia. Each entry is short but includes hyper linked references to other encyclopedia articles, as well as links to periodicals and images in the fee-based Electric Library.

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National Geographic for Kids

Major Points in Modern History

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Australian Museum

School World Programs

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