Interesting Web Sites

Encyclopedia
The site consists of over 14,000 articles from the Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, and offers links to many general articles and articles through the Electric Library, which itself lets you search through more than 150 full-text newspapers and hundreds of magazines, and television and radio transcripts.	Top

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The complete Columbia Encyclopedia can be found here. It claims to have over 50,000 article entries and 40,000 bibliographic citations. However, it does not contain any pictures - only text. The search feature is admirable, especially with the ability to narrow search results. Because the site does away with visuals, access is much faster.	Top

Comptons

The online version of Compton's Encyclopedia. It claims to have more than 40,000 articles, with more than 16,000 pictures and MIDI (sound) files. You can also browse through the keywords or use the topic tree to narrow down to the subject of your choice. The Multimedia section of the site offers 360-degree views and slide shows of some of the world's well-known monuments and places. The current events sections updates you of the latest happennings. The Year in Review lets you retrieve what happenned a year ago - unfortunately the review has not been updated since 1998. With a huge number of contributing editors, this site is well worth a bookmark! The online encyclopedia has a search feature which lets you locate almost anything, whether it is articles, audio clips or web sites.

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Funk And Wagnalls

Well-known reference work publisher Funk and Wagnalls have come out with an online version of their 29-volume encyclopedia, featuring over 25,000 articles and more than 3,000 multimedia elements. Their site is updated monthly, and is freely accessible if you register. In addition, the site also offers free access to the Random House Webester's College Dictionary, the latest headlines, and access to archives. The content on this site makes it a good starting ground for learners.

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Encyclopedia Britannica
A few sites have detailed information on all topics like arts, books, business, education, entertainment, health, history, science and technology. Foremost among them is Encyclopedia Britannica, which is a source for in-depth information and a treasure house of knowledge.	Top

Antiviral Toolkit Pro
An encyclopedia for viruses. It has all the major viruses indexed and that too with detailed information on each of them. The viruses are classified according to operating system, with special sections devoted to Internet-based and macro viruses. The Internet section is very interesting, and deals with emerging HTML and script viruses.	Top

Symantec's
The well known virus encyclopedia is Symantech's Antivirus Research Center's (SARC) storehouse for information about viruses and virus hoaxes. Visit the hoaxes page, if only to make sure that you never fall prey to them.	Top

Encyclopedia Titanica

If historical events interest you, there's no better site than this one. The catastrophe that befell the ocean liner is fully documented on this site, with numerous articles and research findings providing a detailed insight into the tragedy that shook the world. The site takes you on a virtual sail on the once-glorious RMS Titanic. Complete information about the Titanic, including the passenger list, crew list and biography of each person who travelled on the ill-fated ship. Even trivial details such as ticket number, amount paid, class, cabin number and roommates of every passenger are provided. This site lists around 3,500 articles related to the Titanic, including photocopies of original letters written by the crew members on board. The FAQ section clears most of your doubts about the events surrounding the sinking of the Titanic. There is very good collection of photographs. Another remarkable feature of this site is an exclusive collection of video files depicting various events that took place on that April night. A discussion board lets you chat and exchange views with other Titanic fans.

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How Stuff Works
This site answers some of the most common question that crop up in out mind but we didn't know whom to ask - be it how Web servers work or how laughter works!	Top

Alien Encyclopedia

Online Alien Encyclopedia is a sincere effort to describe the different creatures living out there in the space world. The site has more than 255 entries of different aliens and over 100 images. There is also an online alien chat room, where you can chat with other alien fans across the globe. You can use the message board to post interesting information about aliens that you may want to share with others. This site is the first and the last stop for everything related to aliens, and don't blame us if you get a call from R2D2.

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Smithsonian museum

Bored with real-life museums? Fasten your seat belts, for this one. It takes you into the wonders of the Smithsonian museum, a centre for research dedicated to public enlightenment, arts and science. This is a site where you can get information related to different facets of history. Lucid explainations along with pictures enrich your knowledge about Egyptian mummies and pyramids, as also prehistoric mammals. Apart from arts and science, topics like oceanography, orinthology, horticulture, entomology and astronomy are dealt with in detail. There is an exclusive coverage on soprts, such as the famous boxing match between Mohammed Ali and Floyd Patterson.

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Rocketry

Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian woman in space... that piece of information, together with a complete description of all astronomical news, is what you will find here. Encyclopedia Astronautica has more than 2000 articles on space events, with excellent photographs. There is an interesting section on perished crews, crashed space stations and cancelled flight programs due to manual failure. An elaborate discussion on each and every space shuttle program, with different maps on various space stations, make this site not only for all space buffs and astronauts but laymen too.

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Emulate Me

Wondering what's the capital of Ivory Coast? Normally, you would look up an Atlas. In fact, there's an atlas available online. This is a massive effort, and offers information about different countries that can be used most effectively by students. It projects a wide prespective on economy, military power, social conditions, flags, weather, land details and also records disputes - all this backed by statistics. A discussion forum lets you air your views on current issues relating to your country, and a small chat client enables you to talk with people from all over the world.

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India info
General information relating to India, utilitarian features like hints on immigration procedures, tax, law, food, architecture & greeting cards.	Top

Ayurvedic expert
Ayurvedic expert	Top

Secular India
Photographs of the Father of nation, the Prime Minister, the President, and others in the news	Top

Ford Ham
Indus valley - Vedic age - Hindu & jain tradition - mediaval culture - Greek & Chinese influences - Muslim era - Western intrusion - rise of Indian nationalism - Independence - relations with Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma & Sri Lanka	Top

History of India
India's history	Top

Palace on Wheels
Palace on wheels	Top

Tarla Dalal
Tarla Dalal's vegetarian cooking site	Top

India Full Circle
Essential details pertaining to news, products, food, hotels, interesting sights etc.	Top

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