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Reference

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Glossary

Encyclopedias

CyberStack

• http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/

If you like working with the Library of Congress classification system, you should like this site. It follows the LOC structure.

Free Internet Encyclopedia

• http://www.cam-info.net/enc.html

This encyclopedia has two main divisions. MacroReference has "references to large areas of knowledge, FAQs where available, and pointers to relevant areas of the MicroReference." Meanwhile, MicroReference has "short bits of information and references to specific subjects."

HighBeam Encyclopedia

• http://www.encyclopedia.com/

From this site's home page you can go to alphabetical divisions (analagous to a printed encyclopedia's volumes) or use its search feature.