The Internet - A world of information

The Word Wide Web is an unlimited source of information that must be taken into consideration. In the last 5-6 years those who came for the first time online searched information using search engines ilke Yahoo! Search, MSN Search or Google. Those who own a higher internet literacy started to use free (or payed) online encyclopedias or dictionaries. Why? The answer is in the title of encycopedia.com: Because knowledge is cool ;).
Why we must use them and who can benefit from using this websites? You can benefit but that doesn't means you must quit using Google or Yahoo! but using onlyne encyclopedias you can browse directly through milions of articles, images or videos.
Expert contributors like authors, university professors, commentators, museum curators, scientists, and others joined the internet comunities building an immense source of information!
Here is a list of good free online websites that you can use (only in english language).

www.encyclopedia.com
Because knowledge is cool.
Status: FREE
Encyclopedia.com, the Internet's premiere free encyclopedia, provides users with more than 57,000 frequently updated articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Each article is enhanced with links to newspaper and magazine articles as well as pictures and maps - all provided by HighBeam Research.
HighBeam Research is the comprehensive digital archive for information seekers of all ages. You can search across 32 million documents from full-text newspaper and magazine articles, television and radio transcripts, international newswires, classic books, maps, photographs, as well as major works of literature, art and reference books. You'll find both current and historical events within the diverse HighBeam Research archive.

Encyclopedia Britannica
Status: Free TRIAL / payed membership
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, is a leading provider of learning and knowledge products. We're proud to be one of the world's most trusted sources of information on every topic imaginable - from the origins of the universe to current events and everything in between.

Encarta
Status: Free but you can upgrade to Encarta Premium
Encarta offers encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas and much more about USA homeworks, colleges, grad, online degrees and career training.
There are other langage vesions for example Spanish Version of Encarta that offers only its Enciplopedia.

If you google search Encyclopedia you can find more than 40 billions of results in any field expertise you need.
Talking 2 days ago with one of my old friends he gave me The Free Dictionary Encyclopedia and I must tell you that it's a fantastic pice of work! It's a must_be_bookmarked website! Searching for domain name register date i have found June 2003 as its creation date.

The Free Dictionary Encyclopedia
Status: FREE
Usage example:
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/encyclopedia
Result: "An encyclopedia (alternatively encyclopædia) is a written compendium of knowledge. The term comes from the Greek words εγκύκλιος παιδεία, enkyklios paideia ("in a circle of instruction"). This comes from εγκύκλιος, "circuit-shaped," from κύκλος ("circuit") and παιδεία, ("instruction"). Many encyclopedias are titled
Cyclopaedia and the terms are interchangeable"

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