The Britannica Academic edition is specially designed for the needs of colleges and academic libraries. It combines Encyclopædia Britannica, which is no longer published in print format, and Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools. Also included in Britannica academic edtion is World Data Analyst - a database that consists of current and historical statistics on the countries of the world. World Data Analyst allows you to create tables, charts, and even export the information to a spreadsheet. Britannica eBooks - nonfiction texts covering a wide range of academic subjects. Merriam-Webster Unabridged Online - a comprehensive database of words which allow users to research language and study words in a variety of ways. Global Reference Center - an extensive collection of Britannica’s trustworthy information in Spanish, Japanese, Korean, simplified Chinese, and French. Extensive coverage of subjects such as art, geography, history, politics, science, technology, and others. World Atlas - an interactive atlas with thousands of maps, flags, articles, and statistics. Compare Countries - side-by-side comparisons of countries.
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Lund University also have access to Britannica Image Quest - an image library with almost three million images from top international collections, rights-cleared for educational use. Please go to Image Quest for information on use of images for authorized users (registered students and staff) at Lund University.
| Name | Encyclopedia Britannica, Academic edition |
| Publisher/Provider | Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. |
| Subjects included | See description above |
| Type of resource | |
| Fulltext format | HTML, images, video, audio etc |
| Accessibility | Via IP address |
| Login authentication required | No, not on LU-campus. If you are off-campus you will be prompted to login via LU's Central Authentication Service (CAS) with a Student Account or LUCAT-ID. |
| Number of concurrent users | Multiple concurrent access (multiple people reading at the same time) |
| Download required | No |
| Must be borrowed | No |
| Number of days for download | - - |
| Download and read offline | For information about Britannica for iPad and Windows, and the Britannica App, please visit the Encyclopedia Britannica Technical Support Site. |
| Download to a portable device | See information above. |
| Copying | |
| Printing | |
| Text to speech | No |
| Export references | Yes, citations can be exported. |
| Export formats | MLA, APA, Harvard, Chicago Manual of Style |
| How do I suggest a purchase | Students and staff: Please contact your faculty library. Librarians: Se Förvärv av elektroniska resurser för mer info. |
| Restrictions | Walk-in users: Users not affiliated with Lund University may be permitted access to Encyclopedia Britannica, but only within the physical premises of Lund University Libraries from designated terminals. Course Packs: Material from Britannica Online may not be used to assemble a print course pack, create a link to the item instead. |
| Interlibrary loan / Fjärrlån | Yes |
| Text and Data Mining (TDM) Policy | |
| Miscellaneous | |