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Explore the rich and varied history of the United States with Encyclopædia Britannica's Annals of American History. This valuable online chronicle provides a year-by-year documentary of American thought and action. Read the original words of more than 1,500 authors who made and analyzed American history through speeches, writings, memoirs, poems, and interviews. Browse the 2,100 Entries from 1493 to the present. Topics include American Democracy, Art & Leisure, Business & Industry, Education, Family, Labor, and more! Contributors include Madeleine Albright, Henry Ford, John Hancock, Malcolm X and Edgar Allen Poe.

Learning Zone is a classroom-tested, curriculum-related PK–2 Interactive Learning Environment. Play, discover, create – these are the cornerstones of learning for young children. This complete Online Solution for Early-Childhood Learning includes an interactive atlas, online art activities, interactive games and learning materials, audio & video and vocabulary builders. The Zone teaches concepts in the areas of geography, numbers, time, sounds and more.

Britannica Online, winner of the 2005 CODiE and a finalist for the 2006 CODiE for Best Education Reference or Search Service from the Software Publisher’s Association, has been thoroughly updated with new content and employs a user-friendly interface that specifically addresses the needs of college and university libraries. Britannica Online Academic Edition includes content such as 75,000 Articles from Encyclopædia Britannica, 700+ Full-Text Magazine Articles from EBSCO and ProQuest, over 23,000 Biographies, World Data Analyst Online, Gateway to the Classics, and our collection of Notable Quotations. Users enjoy Advanced Search capabilities, an interactive Table of Contents, access to over 166,000 Editor-approved web sites, and the Britannica Workspace, a research organizer.

Finalist for the 2007 CODiEAward for Best Online General Reference Service. The first online encyclopedia site designed specifically for the needs of public libraries, Britannica Online Public Library Edition includes two unique home pages -- one for children and another for adults -- that will serve an entire library community with a single product. Britannica Online Public Library Edition contains 4 full encyclopedias, the Encyclopædia Britannica, Compton’s by Britannica, Britannica Elementary Encyclopædia, and Britannica Concise Encyclopædia each covering the research needs of a different age group. Along with this encyclopedia content, Public Library Edition contains over 700 Full-Text Magazine Articles, Web sites that have been reviewed and verified by Britannica editors, a homework help section for students, a world atlas, Merriam-Webster dictionaries and thesauri for children and adults, a Spanish-English dictionary, video and audio content, daily content updates, and more.

Britannica Online School Edition, the comprehensive K12 reference and learning resource, winner of the 2008 CODiE Award for Best Education Reference Service from the Software & Information Industry Association and winner of the 2007 Teachers’ Choice Award gives teachers and students instant access to four complete encyclopedias that ensure consistency with classroom topics and age-appropriate language. School Edition includes integrated searching of over 98,000 Articles, over 27,000 Graphics and 3,300 Animations. This unique database also offers student-friendly website recommendations, current magazine and journal articles, the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate and Student Dictionaries and Thesauri (with audio pronunciations), a world atlas, plus high-quality online Learning Materials, with over 65 Interactive Guides that are developed by teachers and curriculum experts. Designed for all levels of learning, Britannica Online School Edition offers students a gateway to the vast resources of Encyclopædia Britannica, with encyclopedia articles and Learning Materials correlated to all State Standards!

CONTENT for PK–2 Britannica Learning Zone – a site designed specifically for the needs of children from grades PK–2. Based on multiple rounds of user-testing and educator feedback this site is designed to provide early learners enjoyable, engaging, and developmentally appropriate activities. Included with every Britannica Online School Edition subscription!

Global Reference Center is an extensive collection of Encyclopædia Britannica’s foreign language content including Spanish (entire Spanish Reference Center), Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean and French (entire Encyclopædia Universalis). Users will find comprehensive global coverage of art, geography, history, politics, science, sports, technology, and more. Each site also contains additional local content, including culture, history, and traditions, specific to each product. Brilliant photos, detailed maps, and other imagery accompany the text, engaging readers and encouraging further learning. Clean designs and powerful search engines make it easy to find information. Vast and thorough yet intuitive and fast, the Global Reference Center is ideal for native speakers and students of foreign languages.

Original Sources is a compilation of more than 350,000 primary source documents, including more than 5,000 complete books, and authentic images.Students have access to a virtual library of the creations and discoveries of history's greatest minds, as recorded in the authors’ original words. The library divides the original sources into eight major collections: World History, U.S. History, Science and Mathematics, Social Science, Literature, Political Science and Law, Language (including works in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, German, and other languages), and Philosophy and Religion. Explore this vast collection with the flexible and intuitive search engine or browse the documents by subject, starting with the early civilizations and coming up to the present day. This database is available to Academic and Corporate/Government Libraries.

Students can incorporate Current Events into School Projects and Homework. SNN provides safe, student-appropriate coverage of the world that is easily accessible. A new article is featured every day with 7 to 10 current articles available at any time. Archived News adds perspective with access to 4,500 fully searchable articles. Educators will appreciate the Science and Civics for the classroom: separate sections devoted to Science and Civics news and lessons include teacher resources and current events features.

Two Spanish-Language Encyclopedias in One! A complete reference collection for ages 6-12 and through College ages. Separate Home Pages for each level, making it the only online Spanish-language database that offers age-appropriate content for everyone.

• Enciclopedia Universal en Español (EUE) is derived from the Enciclopedia Hispanica print set.
  EUE contains over 47,000 articles, 8,300 photos and images, as well as over 390 maps and 500 tables, making it the most detailed and comprehensive online encyclopedia in the Spanish language. EUE is perfect for native Spanish speakers, bilingual students and students learning Spanish.
• Enciclopedia Juvenil is perfect for the younger reader. This Spanish Elementary Encyclopedia has 1,500 articles, images, Spanish-language videos and Spanish learning materials.

Librarians and students can trust its comprehensive database of words and robust search functionality which allow users to research language and study words in a variety of convenient and effective ways. Webster’s contains 472,000 Entries, 200,000 Usage Examples, 3,000 Images and 14,000 Etymologies (word origins). It's the perfect resource for anyone interested in expanding his or her understanding of the English language.

This powerful database of current and historical statistics on 217 countries of the world makes historical and cross-national comparisons easy. Plus, the Analyst Tool allows users to create tables, charts, and even export information to a spreadsheet for further data analysis. World Data Analyst provides Country Snapshots, Country Comparisons and Ranked Statistics. Users can also link to country articles from the Britannica Concise Encyclopædia. Students will be able to find answers to the most detailed questions, such as: What countries have the longest life expectancy? Who uses the most electricity? Which country has the largest national park?

Note: World Data Analyst Online is included with Britannica Online Academic Edition and Britannica Online Library Edition Subscriptions.