Provides users with more than 57,000 frequently updated articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.

Provides authoritative answers to all kinds of factual questions. Includes an almanac, atlas, dictionary, and an encyclopedia.

Includes Merriam-Webster Online, Collegiate, For kids, Unabridged, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Includes present maps as well as maps you can create based on criteria in Agriculture, Biology, Boundaries, Climate, Environment, Geology, History, People, Transportation, and Water.

Refdesk indexes and reviews quality, credible, and current information-based sites and assists readers in navigating these sites.

The World Factbook provides national-level information on countries, territories, and dependencies, but not on subnational administrative units within a country or supranational entities like the European Union.

Xpeditions is home to the U.S. National Geography Standards—and to thousands of ideas, tools, and interactive adventures that bring them to life. Includes a virtual museum, interactive fun, hundreds of printer-friendly maps and more.

More than 2500 dictionaries and grammars in over 300 languages, games that build language skills, and a forum for discussing language issues with the logophile community.