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Fellows and others, According to the Los Angeles Times, Encyclopaedia Britannica has decided to go online for free <http://www.eb.com/>. The article looks like the LA Times picked up a press release. See the article for the details: Britannica Gives In and Gets Online By JONATHAN GAW, Times Staff Writer Thursday, Oct 19. <http://www.latimes.com/news/front/19991019/t000094383.html> This resource has been available via the web on a subscription basis for a while. The article indicates that they've decided to switch to advertising to pay for the online service. Later, Betty _________________________________________________________ Elizabeth L. Brown Automated Reference Services Librarian National Digital Library Program, LIBN/NDL/LC(1330) Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540-1330 [log in to unmask] telephone: 202/707-2235 Library of Congress American Memory Home Page: http://memory.loc.gov/ _________________________________________________________