Infoplease is a website that provides its users with reliable, well-researched facts on a variety of topics, being especially popular among students. Infoplease features a variety of content such as an encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus and an atlas, as well as interactive tools like quizzes and polls. The website was launched in 1998 and currently has more than 9 million unique visitors per month.
Alternatives to Infoplease
Scholarpedia
Founder: Eugene M. Izhikevich | CEO: Eugene M. Izhikevich | Since: 2005
Scholarpedia is an online encyclopedia that provides its users with free access to peer-reviewed content. Scholarpedia’s articles are written by invited subject matter experts and undergo a peer-review process. Its content revolves around seven main knowledge areas, namely astrophysics, computational…
Wolfram Alpha
Company: Wolfram Alpha LLC | Founder: Theodore Gray, Dr. Stephen Wolfram | CEO: Dr. Stephen Wolfram | Since: 2009
Wolfram Alpha is an online computational knowledge service and answer engine. Launched in 2009, the engine uses curated data from sources like The World Factbook, the United States Geological Survey, the Dow Jones index, CrunchBase, and the FAA and a…
Wikipedia
Company: Wikimedia Foundation | Founder: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger | Since: 2001
Wikipedia is an online free encyclopedia that can be updated and edited by anyone. It offers information on anything and everything under the sun. It has over 5 million articles in English. Articles written and posted on Wikipedia are all…
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