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Britannica Online 2008
The text of the 32-volume Encyclopædia Britannica plus thousands of
additional articles updated to provide the most current information possible.
Includes Encyclopædia Britannica, Britannica Student Encyclopedia,
Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia, Britannica's Internet Guide, Multimedia
files, an interactive World Atlas, Timelines, Book of the Year,
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Collegiate Thesaurus 10th Edition
and full-text articles from EBSCO.
Britannica Online School Edition 2008
Britannica Online School Edition contains over 123,000 articles from four
encyclopedias geared for students and teachers in grades K-12; Encyclopædia
Britannica, Compton's by Britannica, Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia and
Britannica Concise Encyclopædia. Britannica Online School Edition also
contains full-text periodicals, Webster's Student Dictionary and Thesaurus, a
Video & Media Library, two Interactive Atlases and Learning Materials across
a variety of subject areas.
Britannica Online School Edition provides students, teachers, librarians and
parents with the educational content resources and tools that improve teaching
and learning through the creative use of digital technology. Compton's by Britannica
is aligned to all state curriculum standards and benchmarks. With just a few clicks
of the mouse, educators now have quick easy access to standards and benchmarks for
every grade, subject and state linked to supporting encyclopedia articles.
Britannica Online—Public Library Edition
As the only online reference site created specifically for libraries, Britannica
Online Public Library Edition contains comprehensive content for all patrons—from
elementary students to college students, from business professionals to curious seniors.
Separate home pages for adults and children allow libraries to tailor the product to
their patrons' needs, making it easy to use and age appropriate for everyone.
Britannica Online Public Library Edition includes four complete encyclopedias as well
as over 27,000 graphics plus 3,300 animations, audio clips, and more than 15 hours of video.
Annals of American History Online
A chronicle of our nation's history, providing a year-by-year documentary of
American thought and action from 1493 through today, including illustrations,
photographs, speeches, writings and interviews from more than 1,500 authors.
World Data Analyst
World Data Analyst offers detailed statistical comparisons of countries across
the world, using both the most recent statistics and historical figures. Plus,
Analyst allows subscribers to create tables, charts and even export the
information to a spreadsheet for printing and data analysis.
Spanish Reference Center
Encyclopaedia Britannica announces a change in our online Spanish resources. The Enciclopedia
Universal en Español database is being replaced by PlanetaSaber, the online
version of the popular Gran Enciclopedia Planeta. Younger readers will enjoy Enciclopedia
Juvenil, a Spanish Elementary Encyclopedia. The most comprehensive Reference Center in the Spanish
language has 2 separate home pages for adults and younger readers.
Webster's Third New International Dictionary Unabridged Online
Offers all 472,000 entries from the print version, 13 search options, more than
140,000 entomological entries and 1,000 color illustrations.
Britannica's Original Sources
A comprehensive compilation of more than 270,000 primary source documents and
5,500 complete books, as well as pictures and authentic images, all searchable
by subject, author, date, theme, etc. with a powerful and intuitive search engine.
Global Reference Center
Encyclopaedia Britannica has made some changes to this extensive collection of our foreign language
content. Now includes the Spanish Reference Center, Encyclopaedia
Britannica Online Japan, Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
Korea, Britannica Concise Encyclopedia (Chinese)
and Encyclopaedia Universalis (French)!
Online Training Sessions
Subscribers are entitled to Free Online Training through Britannica's Webinar Program!
How to Order or Renew
Please fill out the order/renewal form, and fax to MINITEX.
To pay by credit card, please complete the credit card authorization form, order
form and license agreement (if required), and fax all documents to our secure fax
line at 612-626-5380.
Technical Support
Britannica Online support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 800-621-3900,
or by email at bolhelp@eb.com.
Statistics
A Web-based usage statistics system is available for all subscribers to Britannica
Online. The statistics reporting does adhere to the guidelines set forth by the
International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC).
Statistics can be gathered on a daily, monthly, yearly or since subscription
commencement for any single library, or all libraries that are subscribing.
Statistics can be reported as granular as the IPs that are provided, or for
each username and password assigned. Consortia can view all of the stats for
each library or system, but individual libraries or systems will only be able
to view their own stats.
Britannica will issue usernames and passwords for subscribing institutions to
access their stats reports at any time over the Web. Britannica also provides a
button that allows subscribers to easily download their stats report into an
easy-to-use spreadsheet format.
The site displays daily and running totals of the numbers of Britannica URLs
accessed as Queries ("Why is the sky blue?"), Documents (articles opened) and
Other (images, etc.). Usage statistics are available for the IP addresses
specified by the institution or by the Username/Password assigned in the
Britannica cookie-based authentication.