Britannica Online is a one-stop resource for basic background information covering many topics that can be used in student research papers, speeches, and other projects.  Students often would like to use Wikipedia, but many instructors will not allow that to be used as a source.  Britannica would make an excellent alternative for many assignments where other encyclopedias are allowed.

Britannica's new and improved site includes many features beyond just the basic encyclopedia articles.  These include

1) Videos and other media related to subjects of articles

2) Links to magazine and journal articles on many topics

3) The ability to compare basic information about two countries

4) World maps; videos and other media related to the articles

5) Definitions of words in the articles, available by double-clicking on any word

Britannica Online is available through the Databases A-Z list, or in UNISTAR, through Rod Library's paid subscription.

Come check out the latest items added to the Library's book sale.  Look at the shelves in the Library's lobby and you'll find best-sellers, children's books, fiction, non-fiction... we have it all! 

$2 for hardcover books and $1 for paperbacks - you can't go wrong on the price.

Pick out as many as you like and pay at the Circulation Desk.

We add new titles all the time, so keep checking the shelves.

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