Encyclopedia.com vs Oxford Reference
Encyclopedia.com
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Oxford Reference
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| Figure | Encyclopedia.com | Oxford Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 2 |
| Spec score · Online Encyclopedias | 8.4 (#4) | 7.1 (#25) |
| Free content | The about page advertises free access to more than 300,000 reference entries. | The site offers freely accessible historic timelines, essential quotations, and overview pages with links to related entries. |
| Support | The feedback page says users can submit a form but warns that the company cannot respond to all feedback. | The 2024 accessibility report lists [email protected] as contact information. |
Plans
Oxford Reference
- Oxford Quick ReferencePrice not published
- Oxford Reference PremiumPriced on request
In their own words
Encyclopedia.com
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.
Oxford Reference
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