Information please
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Published
1998
Publisher
Pearson Education, Inc.
Description
Provides ready reference, based on the print publication, Information please almanac, with general categories: almanacs, atlas, dictionary, and encyclopedia. Features include: homework center, newsletter, facts at a glance (frequently updated), quizes, and a year-by-year chronology, (1900-2003), weather facts, search engines (general and biographies). Some portions of the site are updated daily, including: biography of the day, and today's birthdays. Access to information is also provided by general subject categories: world, United States, history & gov't., biography, sports, arts & ent., business, health & science. A one-stop source for ready reference with material from the Information Please Almanac, the ESPN Information Please Sports Almanac, and the A&E Entertainment Almanac, as well as the Random House Webster's College Dictionary and The Columbia Encyclopedia. The main page is designed for quick access with both a search form and an index of hot links under nine broad topics. Other handy features include: facts behind the news, today in history, a biography search and phone and e-mail directories"--"Best Free Reference Web Sites 1999." RUSA Quarterly, Fall 1999; reviewed 2/27/1999.
Subjects
Reference sources and services for youth
Reference sources on the Internet
Reference and information services in the 21st century
Reference and Information Services
Developing reference collections and services in an electronic age
My first e-Mail guide
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