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CTC Library subscribes to the online edition of Encyclopedia Britannica. Many folks are quick to use Wikipedia because it's just easy to get to online.

Encyclopedia Britannica is easy to access through GALILEO. Encyclopedia Britannica has vetted resources - check out what they offer:

The foundation of Britannica Online is the Encyclopedia Britannica, the largest, most authoritative encyclopedia in the world. You'll be happy to find the below features within Britannica Online Academic Edition :

• Encyclopedia Britannica – All of the articles in the print set plus thousands more, as well as maps, photos, illustrations, videos, multimedia clips, and Yearbooks dating back to 1993 !
• eBook / Primary Sources – Since Fall 2008, Britannica has been adding an extensive collection of eBook resources through a partnership with Project Gutenberg. Users are able to link from biographies and history articles to related full-text primary source documents. Britannica expects the collection to eventually have over 500,000 primary source documents. Some sample articles to check out include: Mark Twain, Sigmund Freud, Abraham Lincoln, JFK, Herman Melville, and Thomas Jefferson. There will be no charge for this added service.
• World Data Analyst – Britannica’s exclusive database of current and past statistics on the countries of the world
• Gateway to the Classics – An extensive collection of significant works in literature, philosophy, history, and science
• Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary & Thesaurus – Completely integrated into the site and easily accessible
• Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Quotations – A lively collection of more than 4,000 quotations, both contemporary and classic
• Full-text Journal and Magazine articles from EBSCO – more than 700 titles, hand-selected for college needs
• BBC & New York Times daily headlines – top stories from two trusted sources
• The Web’s Best – a collection of Web sites carefully selected by Britannica’s editorial department
• World Atlas – Access Britannica maps through this interactive resource
• Advanced search capabilities and Britannica’s exclusive “Workspace”, a research organizer.
• Extensive video collection – over 3,000 videos and video clips that cover a variety of subjects, including History, Science, the Arts, and Social Studies. Video topics include Toulouse-Lautrec, Botticelli, Lewis & Clark, Asia, Ancient Cultures, World Wars, Economics, Native Americans, Insects, the Chaos Theory, and the expanding Universe, among others. Short video clips are 1-5 minutes long and full length extended play videos are between 15 to 45 minutes long. All videos can be played online or downloaded and used in Power Point Presentations.
• Britannica Blog – stimulating dialogue covering a wide range of topics
• Britannica’s Core Databases support Web 2.0 – Use the Share this Article and Widget features to publish selected articles and interactive topic widgets to your blog or Web site. Interact with Britannica Blog, our award-winning (2008 CODiE) moderated forum and blog. Store, organize and share your research with the Workspace tool. Interact with the Internet by clicking on Britannica’s Web’s Best Sites.

Get the password to access GALILEO from your Georgia librarian!

-kls