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    Columbia Encyclopedia
    Sixth edition. "With over 50,000 article entries, 40,000 bibliographic citations, and over 80,000 cross-reference entries." From Bartleby.com.

    Xrefer
    "Xrefer contains encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri & books of quotations." Searchable by subject area (not specific work). Encyclopedias include Macmillan Encyclopedia and Oxford Paperback Encyclopedia.

    Encarta
    Includes an online version of the Encarta encyclopedia, dictionary and atlas.

    Wikipedia
    A massive collection of information about everything and editable by everyone -- take with a grain of salt.

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