Encyclopedia Virginia vs New World Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia Virginia is a free multimedia and interactive web resource about Virginia’s history and culture. Its topical and biographical entries are written by scholars for general readers, then reviewed by contributors and editors, fact checkers, and copy editors. Articles can include primary documents, images, audio and video clips, and virtual tours; the wider media collection also contains podcasts and 3D objects. Readers can search or browse alphabetically, by biography, category, map, or media. The Encyclopedia Virginia Map App presents historical events through maps, distance-ordered lists, and category filters. Classroom-oriented versions are labeled for Grade 4, Grade 8, and Grades 11+. New entries continue to be published. Since 2012, the project has been digital publisher for the ongoing Dictionary of Virginia Biography with the Library of Virginia. Text uses a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license. The site says it does not own copyrights to displayed media objects.

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.