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The academic, junior and student editions of Encyclopedia Britannica Online library will meet all your information needs, read some of the content highlights below.
The sites are easy to use and have information to suit all ages, taken from encyclopedias, magazines, videos and websites. Try out the blog in the
library edition and find out what people have to say about a variety of topics.
The Library Edition gives you seamless access to the whole Britannica collection
- Discover Europe - statistics and summary information for countries
- New! Media collection, with featured media topics
- New York times on the Web with current International news
- Video clips to aid curriculum learning, including extended play videos
- World data, country comparisons, and timelines
Get homework help from the Junior Edition for ages 5-11, where you can find information about people, browse timelines, and compare countries. It covers most school subjects and links to CBBCnews.
- Find out about your favourite sports
- New! Interactive Geography Explorer
- Play games, read reports
- Use the chat room on CBBC to post messages about news topics
- Discover Europe using an interactive map
- Get country statistics and facts
- Featured spotlights
- Find out what happened on different days and years
- Important people and important events
- Select your own birthday or other dates you want to explore.
- Take a guided tour
- Use 'workspace' to store information for topics and research
- Black history
- Dinosaurs
- Holocaust
- Normandy 1944 or D-Day
- Nobel Prize-winners
- Shakespeare
- Tornadoes
- Women who changed the world
