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The Essentials for Conducting Thorough Research
- All from One Site!





Britannica Academic
delivers fast and easy access to high-quality, comprehensive information. The rich combination of the venerable Encyclopaedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools provides the variety of reliable sources that students need to consult when conducting thorough research - all from one resource. Written by Nobel laureates, historians, curators, professors, and other notable experts, Britannica Academic's articles provide trusted information with balanced, global perspectives and insights that users will not find anywhere else.

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New Design and Feature Packed 'Fast and Easy to Use'

An all new site design to meet the needs of today’s students and faculty. Now with ‘responsive design’, Britannica Academic provides a fast convenient way to access high-quality, comprehensive information across disciplines and subjects.

An Unbeatable Collection for Academic Libraries

Britannica Academic is unmatched in its coverage and accuracy and has been praised for its accessibility and reader engagement, with a variety of multimedia and research tools that accompany the articles.

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Features & Benefits

  • In excess of 100,000 new and revised articles, with contributions from more than 100 Nobel laureates, numerous heads of state, Pulitzer Prize winners, leading professors, and experts in all fields of human endeavor
  • New! Integration with Britannica ImageQuest, which offers a streamlined ability to explore millions of related images right from the search results page (required subscriptions to both resources)
  • New! A unique "Article History" feature, which allows users to see every update or editorial change in every article
  • Biography, subject, and contributor browses; e-books and primary sources; thousands of periodicals
  • News feeds from the New York Times and the BBC; editor-selected Web sites; an interactive world atlas; the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary; and famous quotations
  • Updated versions of the World Data Analyst and articles from the Britannica Book of the Year - as well as thousands of photographs, videos, tables, graphs, and illustrations
  • A fresh and engaging look, with a new user interface; improved search capabilities; and a cleaner overall design

The Complete Digital Resource

The Essential for Conducting Thorough Research - All from One Site!
Britannica Academic provides fast, reliable and convenient access to high quality content whether it's a comprehensive answer or just a quick and clear overview of a topic, event, fact, place or person. A fresh and engaging look, with a new user interface and a cleaner overall design. Predictive search together with Keyword and Boolen options make this fast and easy to use.

  • Support ESL Students
Discover excellent multi-language support tools with Translate, Text-To-Speech, Double-Click Dictionary and Variable Font Size.

  • Fast Citation
Integrated automatic citation tools for MLA, APA, Harvard or Chicago Manual of Style, make it easy and convenient for students to cite their work accurately.

  • Integrated Article Page
Provides access to Media, Related Content, Citations and Topics all on one page.

  • Universal Access
Britannica's Universal Access enables users to access Britannica Academic content through Google and other search systems, databases, and single sign-on technologies.

Trusted by More Colleges and Universities than any Other General Reference Resource
Institutions include Australian National University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Stanford University, University College Dublin, University of Notre Dame, University of Oxford, University of Southern California, University Teknologi MARA (UTM) Malaysia, Washington University and many more.

My Research Centre
Allows students and faculty to easily manage all of their research in one place. Create, edit, organise, save and share your favourite content.

Easy Technology Integration

Laptop.gifGreater discoverability of resources
Easily integrated with your institution's discovery layers resulting in fast and relevant results. Britannica Academic offers an API that an be used to integrate the content into federated search tools, as well as offering LTI and IP authentication options. Britannica's Push-to-Publish' technology enables changes, corrections, and enhancements to all of our online products almost instantly.

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