Exploring Britannica

I feel like I'm back in college waiting until the last minute to do my homework!  As I tried to think of a current event that I wanted to search on Britannica, I realized that I know very little about what's going on in the world - we don't get TV reception and I rarely read the paper.  Anyway an article on Yahoo caught my eye "Bizarre looking oarfish washes ashore on Cabo San Lucas Beach" so I decided to check out oarfish.  Found a nice basic short article and then some more scientific ones.  The only thing I found a little difficult was that it wasn't always easy to find where oarfish were specifically mentioned in the articles.  Britannica did touch on the fact that oarfish have been mistaken for sea serpents and/or sea monsters of myth which had been mentioned in the Yahoo article.  Liked the fact that you have a lot of options once you find something you're interested in, like Save to Workspace, Print, Email, Cite, etc.  Being able to double click on a word to get a definition is pretty cool.  Loved the translation feature - fun to look at the different languages and it could be very helpful for people who read English as a second language.

Lots to choose from in the research tools - seemed fairly easy to navigate and get back to the home page.  Had to check out quotes by subject for books.
Emily Dickinson, “There is no Frigate like a Book”   
There is no Frigate like a Book
To take us Lands away
Nor any Coursers like a Page
Of prancing Poetry.

I like This Day in History - for public libraries, this kind of info, and the quotes, etc. can be informative and fun to use on social media websites like Facebook.

Britannica Public Library Edition is definitely a great resource that we are very fortunate to have free access to!