133 posts tagged Britannica
SubscribeMyanmar, et al.: What to Do About Insane Governments?
http://www.britannica.com/ blogs/ 2008/ 05/ what-to-do-about-insane-governments/…-
Britannica Opens their Books to Bloggers
http://technologyisbroken.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ britannica-opens-their-bo…The gold standard for encyclopedias has been Britannica for about 100 years or so. But since they charge money for access, bloggers and casual researchers migrate to the free sites, most notably Wikipedia. Britannica decided they want to be the reference of choice on the internet, and now make that possible with their new WebShare initiative.
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More K-POP News! Rain/Bi, SNSD’s Yoona
http://www.ihyagi.com/ blog/ 18/Rain Makes into Encyclopedia Britannica World star Rain (real name Jung Ji-hoon) has been listed in the Year in Review 2007 of the Encyclopedia Britannica Online… Girl’s Generation Member Stars in a Drama Yun-ah, a member of the female pop group Girls’ Generation (Sonyeoshidae), is starring in a
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Macedonians noted on map in the Encyclopedia Britannica, 1990!
http://makedonika.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 13/ macedonians-noted-on-map-in-the-e…The following map was issued by Encyclopedia Britannica, Edition 1990, Macropedia Volume 29, page 1090.
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Macedonians noted on map in the Encyclopedia Britannica, 1986!
http://makedonika.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 13/ macedonians-noted-on-map-in-the-e…The following map was issued by Encyclopedia Britannica, Edition 1986, 1987 Macropedia, Volume 29, page 1047.
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Truthiness
http://geekylibrarian.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 13/ truthiness/This is a little late in coming, but I just discovered this great article in the Washington Post on the current state of Truth. The article largely concerns what Stephen Colbert referred to as Wikiality, or truth by consensus. I’m actually a huge supporter of the Wikipedia, and despite my newfound
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Great Artwork, Clear Storytelling, An Involving Cast of Characters…
http://www.fairytailmanga.com/ great-artwork-clear-storytelling-an-involving-cas…Great Artwork, Clear Storytelling, An Involving Cast of Characters… Del Rey Manga Round-Up Spring 2008 I really love the classy Del Rey manga format, especially their in-depth ‘Translator’s Notes’ and previews of the next volume, but sometimes, of late, I’ve felt that all their loving presentation
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Seven Seas Entertainment, 7 months down the road and still not able to release a manga volume!!
http://www.fairytailmanga.com/ seven-seas-entertainment-7-months-down-the-road-a…Seven Seas Entertainment, 7 months down the road and still not able to release a manga volume!! May 12th, 2008 by Tiamat’s Disciple Yup, sad but true. Seven months … Read more from the original source: Seven Seas Entertainment, 7 months down the road and still not able to release a manga volume!!
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The Know-It-All
http://robertvanbobby.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 12/ the-know-it-all/A.J. Jacobs has taken on a new task in his book “The Know-It-All”. Before, he has lived an entire year following the teachings of the Bible, but now he is reading the entire Encyclopedia Britannica from A to Z. This is a unique and interesting idea for a book, but whether or not it’s a good idea, remains to be seen.
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Britannica Online
http://erlonlinelearning.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 03/ britannica-online.htmlTell Me Britannica Online is is one of the databases subscribed to by ERL and a number of other Victorian Libraries through the Gulliver consortium. Encyclopedia Britannica Online Library Edition, to give it the full title, offers encyclopedias at 3 different levels according to age group.
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Rain Makes into Encyclopedia Britannica
http://www.mxproject.com/ blog/ ?p=392008-05-08 World star Rain (real name Jung Ji-hoon) has been listed in the Year in Review 2007 of the Encyclopedia Britannica Online. He is only the third Korean figure to be included in the biographies section of the Britannica. The other two are poet Ko Un and President Lee Myung-bak.