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Title
Encyclopedia Americana
Content
This online version has all the content found in the print Encyclopedia Americana and more. Appropriate for middle grades and higher, the 45,000 articles are updated quarterly. Each article links to related articles, periodical articles from newspapers, magazines, scholary journals and travel guides, and to appropriate websites The Americana Journal provides coverage of worldwide current events with over 200 entries added each week. Other sections include the Editor's Pick, a weekly list of featured topics and related websites. The Profiles section features the most commonly searched biographies.
Use this database to answer questions like:
What is set theory in mathematics? I need a biography of the Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling. I need an overview of Alzheimer's Disease and some current magazine articles. What exactly is the Investiture Controversy?
Subjects
All subject areas
Updated
Articles updated quarterly; web links monthly; Journal weekly
Coverage
More than 45,000 full text articles; 155,000 web links; 100,000 peridocal articles; 1,500 flags and maps; 4,500 images.