Encyclopedia

Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Decentralized knowledge in the form of collaboratively maintained encyclopedia opens up new possibilities that hereto were non-existent. Wikipedia will change the very way we look at knowledge.

Education Reference and Related Resources: Online Encyclopedias
Encyclopedias that have proven their appeal in print form have gone online to win more users than ever.

The Encyclopedia Britannica 2009
Perhaps the most refreshing change is the Britannica's Update Center. Dozens of monthly updates and new, timely articles are made available online (subject to free registration).

The Encyclopedia Britannica 2008
In its new form, the Britannica is as user-friendly as the Encarta. With monthly updates and the aforementioned 6-12 months of free access to its impressive powerhouse online Web site, it is bound to give the former close competition.

The Wikipedia - Can Teenagers write an Encyclopedia?
The truth is that teenagers cannot do the referencing and research that are the prerequisite to serious scholarship - unless you stretch these words to an absurd limit.

The Encyclopedia Of The Indian Diaspora Documenting One Of The World’s Great Diasporic Movements
Compendium on Indians settled overseas during the past few centuries. First of its kind, the illustrated book documents one of the great overseas citizenry.

The Encyclopedia Britannica 2007 Opens to the Web
The current edition is fully integrated with the Internet. Apart from the updates, it offers additional and timely content and revisions on a dedicated Web site.

Microsoft's Encarta Premium 2007
While Microsoft Encarta Premium 2006 marked Microsoft's commitment to the Web - Microsoft Encarta Premium 2007 marks its commitments to its own technology.

The Encyclopedia Britannica 2006
The Encyclopedia Britannica 2006 (established in 1768) is a completely revamped product.

The Future of the Britannica - Interview with Tom Panelas
Tom Panelas is the Director of Corporate Communications of the Encyclopaedia Britannica

Battle of the Titans - Encarta vs. the Britannica
Both reference encyclopedia products would do well to integrate with new desktop search tools from Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and others. A seamless experience is in the cards.

Cyclopedia of Factoids - The Letters U-V-W
Theodore Herzl, the visionary who founded Zionism, was an assimilated Jew, who did not consider Palestine the optimal choice for a resurgent Jewish nationalism.

Cyclopedia of Factoids - The Letter S
Wars were fought for strange reasons - but none as bizarre as the one that led to the 4 days long skirmish between El Salvador and Honduras in July 14, 1969.

Cyclopedia of Factoids - The Letter R
Around 2800-2500 BC, Lagash and Umma were two Sumerian city-states located 25 kilometers apart in today's territory of Iraq. Clay cylinders and albast, copper and gold tablets found at the site recount the story of the first revolution in human history.

Cyclopedia of Factoids - The Letters P-Q
The Pentagon was completed in 16 months. It was built on a swamp and on the area of the old Washington airport. Trucks hauled some 5.5 million cubic yards (4.2 million cubic meters) of junk and soil and dumped it in the marshes. The building's foundation rests on 41,492 concrete piles.

Cyclopedia of Factoids - The Letter O
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), the American President (1829-1837) was much ridiculed for his Bushisms (lack of grasp of the English language). He was - erroneously - "credited" with the creation of the much used OK by spelling "all correct" as "oll korrect."

Cyclopedia of Factoids - The Letter N
Napoleon did invade Britain. During the Irish rebellion of 1798, in September, a sizable French fleet got close to the shore of Ireland but was dispersed by a storm.

Cyclopedia of Factoids - The Letter M
Mayonnaise was invented by the chef of the Duc de Richelieu in 1756. The Duc was in the habit of holding nude dinner parties.

Cyclopedia of Factoids - The Letter L
The world's most famous insurance market, Lloyd's of London, started in a coffee house owned by one, Edward Lloyd.

Cyclopedia of Factoids - The Letters I-J
Native Americans are often cast in the role of victims of White aggression and unbridled avarice-driven or gratuitous violence, especially in the territories known collectively today as the United States.

Cyclopedia of Factoids - The Letter H
Centuries ago, October 31 was called in England "All Hallows' Eve". People prayed to prepare the souls of the departed for the Catholic All Saints' Day on November 1.

Cyclopedia of Factoids - The Letter G
The guillotine was first put to lethal use on April 25, 1792, at 3:30 PM, in Paris at the Place de Greve on the Right Bank of the Seine.

Cyclopedia of Factoids - The Letter F
Iraq and Jordan were once one country under a united Hashemite throne. The two monarchs - Hussein of Jordan and Faisal II of Iraq - created a federation in 1958.

Cyclopedia of Factoids - The Letter E
The media would have us believe that the victims of eating disorders are adolescents with psychological problems.

Cyclopedia of Factoids - The Letter D
Dancing manias - a form of mass hysteria - were most common between the 13th and 17th centuries in Italy, notably in Taranto.

Cyclopedia of Factoids - The Letter C
Legend has it that Julius Caesar was cut out of his mother's womb through the abdomen. In Latin, "caedere" means "to cut".

Cyclopedia of Factoids - The Letter B
Barbie was invented by Ruth Handler in 1959. It was modelled on a minuscule German sex doll called "Lilli".

Cyclopedia of Factoids - The Letter A
The love affair of Edward, Prince of Wales (Edward VIII) and Wallis Simpson in 1936 is the stuff of romantic dramas. Alas, reality was a lot less inspiring.

Ethical Relativism and Absolute Taboos
Taboos regulate our sexual conduct, race relations, political institutions, and economic mechanisms - virtually every realm of our life. According to the 2002 edition of the "Encyclopedia Britannica", taboos are "the prohibition of an action or the use of an object based on ritualistic distinctions of them either as being sacred and consecrated or as being dangerous, unclean, and accursed."