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Subject Specific Databases
- Britannica Online , No Longer Available (http://www.uclibs.org/PID/12593)
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- UC Davis no longer subscribes to the Encyclopedia Britannica online, Britannica Book of the Year, maps, and selected classic articles from earlier editions of the Encyclopedia. Also included is an Internet Directory of sites reviewed and rated by Britannica editors, and the online Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
- Infoplease (http://www.infoplease.com/)
- Access to the Information Please Almanac, Infoplease Atlas, Dictionary and Thesaurus, and Columbia Encyclopedia.
- World Almanac [via FirstSearch/OCLC] (http://firstsearch.oclc.org/fsip?dbname=worldalmanac)
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- Includes the contents of: The World Almanac and Book of Facts, the World Almanac of the U.S.A.; the World Almanac of U.S. Politics; the World Almanac for Kids, and Funk and Wagnalls New Encyclopedia.