Encyclopedia of Arkansas vs New World Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia of Arkansas
encyclopediaofarkansas.net
New World Encyclopedia
newworldencyclopedia.orgSide by side
| Figure | Encyclopedia of Arkansas | New World Encyclopedia |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Online Encyclopedias | 8.1 (#8) | 7.3 (#20) |
| Audience | The encyclopedia aims to support Arkansas history teaching and provide reliable basic information with resources for further research. | The encyclopedia is intended for teachers, students, and general readers, including those at late high school and early college reading levels. |
| Content | The site offers text entries and media galleries about Arkansas people, places, events, legends, and lore. | The encyclopedia contains thousands of carefully selected articles. |
| Purpose | The encyclopedia collects and shares information about Arkansas history and culture for historians, teachers, students, and others. | New World Encyclopedia organizes human knowledge to support happiness, well-being, and world peace. |
| Support | For general questions or technical problems, users can contact the encyclopedia by email or phone. | Readers can submit feedback on article feedback pages, and donations are accepted through PayPal with major credit cards. |
Plans
In their own words
Encyclopedia of Arkansas
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.
New World Encyclopedia
New World Encyclopedia is a free web reference containing thousands of selected articles about human knowledge. It is aimed at teachers, students, and general readers, including people reading at late high school or early college levels. Coverage includes philosophy, religion, history, biography, political science, social sciences, geography, physical and life sciences, and arts, music, literature, sports, and leisure. Articles are arranged alphabetically, connect to related entries, and support keyword searching through a custom search engine. Scholars and editors supervise articles and review facts, grammar, and values. Readers can submit feedback, but editors and staff decide whether to change entries. The site uses MediaWiki and a SphinxSearch-based custom search system, and provides text and images. Pages document links to Wikipedia for imported article histories and Amazon ISBN links that may earn referral fees. Text contributions use Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 and GNU Free Documentation License terms, subject to reuse rules; fair-use material and some media may have separate restrictions. Since 2009, the project says it has relied on advertising and donations.