Brockhaus vs Encyclopedia of Arkansas

Brockhaus provides online reference works, courses, student training, and digital teaching materials for private customers, schools, and libraries. Its online encyclopedia offers expert-reviewed information across subject areas and is regularly updated. The School Lexicon supports secondary students doing research and preparing presentations or coursework, while the Children’s Lexicon presents child-oriented content through clickable graphics, images, video, and audio. A reading aid can read text aloud and translate articles into more than 60 languages. Brockhaus says subject experts and trained educators create its reference and course materials, which an independent editorial team checks. The service works on internet-connected digital devices. The company states that its servers are hosted in the EU and that it uses SSL encryption for data sent through its websites. The Children’s Lexicon is described as ad-free, without external links, and GDPR-compliant. Individual plans have a 14-day free trial. Adult encyclopedia plans cost €6.99 a month or €69.99 a year; teen and child plans cost €8.99 a month or €89.99 a year.

Encyclopedia of Arkansas is a free web reference about Arkansas history and culture, with material for historians, teachers, students, and other readers. As of January 2026, it offered more than 8,200 entries and nearly 18,000 pieces of media. Readers can browse entries and media alphabetically, by category, county, or time period, and use County Explorer to explore Arkansas counties. A history calendar presents events associated with particular dates.

Alongside text entries and media galleries, the site provides lesson plans, student activities, quizzes, and history programs. It has an En Español section and continues to add photographs, maps, videos, quizzes, and lesson plans. Entries are reviewed and fact checked, with volunteer reviewers involved; public comments are moderated but are not fact-checked. Some sensitive images are blurred and carry content warnings. The project also invites people to suggest topics or media, write or review entries, and volunteer.