Encyclopédie Larousse vs Encyclopedia.com

Encyclopédie Larousse is a free web encyclopedia with a homepage search field and a collection of entries using text and images. The homepage lists 135,000 definitions, 90,000 articles, and 92,000 synonyms. Featured subjects include Impressionism, Napoleon I, the Renaissance, Africa, and the Second World War. The site is published by Éditions Larousse, a French simplified joint-stock company based in Paris. Its credits name editorial staff, advisers, and contributors to the encyclopedia and related dictionaries. Legal credits identify Microsoft Ireland Ltd. as the host and state that Éditions Larousse has appointed a data protection officer reachable at Hachette Livre in Vanves, France. The terms of use govern access to and use of the website and were updated on 28 July 2023. Larousse says requests to reproduce text or drawings must include specified usage details and require at least 30 days to process. It does not authorize reproduction of photographs. For a “Forbidden” access error, the site advises deleting browser cookies.

Encyclopedia.com is a free web reference service with over 300,000 entries from published sources including Oxford University Press and the Columbia Encyclopedia. It also offers more than 50,000 topic summaries with related pictures, videos, and newspaper and magazine articles. The site says it continually updates partner content and allows searches across more than 200 encyclopedias and reference books. Users can search with keywords or browse alphabetically. Results are ordered by relevance according to how often a search term appears in an article. The FAQ gives citation details for The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, including its 2008 publication information. The service is available on the web, and its privacy policy also refers to a mobile application named “Encyclopedia.” Terms allow personal searching, display, downloading, and printing, but prohibit systematic downloading or scraping without permission. The privacy policy describes collection of account, device, browsing, cookie, and session information, as well as an advertising affiliation with CMI Marketing, doing business as CafeMedia.