Brockhaus vs Encyclopedia of Korean Culture

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 Korean Culture is a free online reference covering Korean history, culture, thought, arts, regions, and daily life. Expert contributors write entries across fields including philosophy, religion, art, and society. Readers can search by keyword, use detailed or media search, or browse by field and entry type. Entries are organized across dimensions such as type and period. The service provides text and images on the web and offers an OpenAPI for individuals and institutions building services or applications with encyclopedia content. The API can list, search, and retrieve article and media records. Applicants submit a detailed purpose; an issued key arrives by email and becomes usable 30 minutes after registration, passed in the X-API-Key header. Text and media marked Public Nuri may be reused when the Academy owns all economic rights and the stated attribution format is followed. Unmarked media may require separate permission. The print edition began in 1991 with 27 volumes and approximately 65,000 entries.