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The concise Encarta is a free encyclopedia that retrieves a list of articles by key word searching.
Encyclopedia.Com has over 17,000 short entries from the Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia with premium services available from Electric Library for a fee.
This is an encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, legends, and more. It contains over 5100 definitions of gods and goddesses, supernatural beings and legendary creatures and monsters from all over the world.
The Presidency and a Commemorative of WWII are highlighted at this site. In addition is a Kid's Club area that has games and product information.
Listings and pictures
for many of the well-known characters, objects, and places in Greek mythology.
Information Please Kids' Almanac
Students will find the on-line dictionary, encyclopedia, and homework help easy to use.
SYMBOLS.com contains more than 2,500 Western signs, arranged into 54 groups according to their graphic characteristics. In 1,600 articles their histories, uses, and meanings are thoroughly discussed. The signs range from ideograms carved in mammoth teeth by Cro-Magnon men, to hobo signs and subway graffiti.
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