Encyclopædia Britannica Online
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The Encyclopædia Britannica Online is the online version of the traditional Encyclopædia Britannica.
Information can be found using subjects or a search function. Current news is provided by The New York Times, BBC, and SBS World News. Videos are available for viewing online. Timelines give interactive breakdowns of the history of different subject areas. Data and statistics are available for every country. Maps are provided. Quotations are available by the author or subject.
For research purposes, the search function allows the user to cover broad areas in little time. Photos are presented along with the search results. The search function is rather picky about wording, although boolean searches help refine the subject.
