Britannica Kids vs Encyclopedia Virginia
Britannica Kids
kids.britannica.com
Encyclopedia Virginia
encyclopediavirginia.orgSide by side
| Figure | Britannica Kids | Encyclopedia Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Online Encyclopedias | 7.8 (#11) | 8.1 (#9) |
| Content | The publisher’s announcement describes more than 100,000 articles and 60,000 images and videos. | The site publishes topical and biographical entries written by scholars, edited for a general audience, and fact checked. |
| Founded | 1768 | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois, USA | Virginia Humanities says it is headquartered in Charlottesville at the University of Virginia. |
Plans
In their own words
Britannica Kids
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Encyclopedia Virginia
Encyclopedia Virginia is a free multimedia and interactive web resource about Virginia’s history and culture. Its topical and biographical entries are written by scholars for general readers, then reviewed by contributors and editors, fact checkers, and copy editors. Articles can include primary documents, images, audio and video clips, and virtual tours; the wider media collection also contains podcasts and 3D objects. Readers can search or browse alphabetically, by biography, category, map, or media. The Encyclopedia Virginia Map App presents historical events through maps, distance-ordered lists, and category filters. Classroom-oriented versions are labeled for Grade 4, Grade 8, and Grades 11+. New entries continue to be published. Since 2012, the project has been digital publisher for the ongoing Dictionary of Virginia Biography with the Library of Virginia. Text uses a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license. The site says it does not own copyrights to displayed media objects.