Information please
Subtitle: on-line dictionary, Internet encyclopedia, atlas & almanac reference.
Contributors: Pearson Education, Inc.
Publisher: Pearson Education, Inc.
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Needham, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Electronic reference sources.
Other titles: Information.com :
Description: Provides ready reference, based on the print publication, Information please almanac, with general categories: almanacs, atlas, dictionary, and encyclopedia. Features include: homework center, newsletter, facts at a glance (frequently updated), quizes, and a year-by-year chronology, (1900-2003), weather facts, search engines (general and biographies). Some portions of the site are updated daily, including: biography of the day, and today's birthdays. Access to information is also provided by general subject categories: world, United States, history & gov't., biography, sports, arts & ent., business, health & science.

A one-stop source for ready reference with material from the Information Please Almanac, the ESPN Information Please Sports Almanac, and the A&E Entertainment Almanac, as well as the Random House Webster's College Dictionary and The Columbia Encyclopedia. The main page is designed for quick access with both a search form and an index of hot links under nine broad topics. Other handy features include: facts behind the news, today in history, a biography search and phone and e-mail directories"--"Best Free Reference Web Sites 1999." RUSA Quarterly, Fall 1999; reviewed 2/27/1999.
Notes: Title from HTML header (viewed on August 20, 2003).
Mode of access: World Wide Web.