The Help pages are clear and include plenty of examples by way of illustration. There is help on navigation, finding information, browsing, search syntax, and clarification on the use of icons. A Microsoft product, the concise free encyclopaedia gives access to some 16,000 abridged articles and the world atlas. Both are the creations of Infonautics Corporation which was founded in 1992 and describes itself as a leading provider of online services and customer archive technologies. The online encyclopedia gives access to over 14,000 articles from the third edition of the Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia.
Entries are short but contain many cross-references as well as links to related web sites.
Includes both browse and search facilities. What's new Evaluate Search Engines Evaluate Web Resources Search Strategies and Tips Misc.