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 * About EBSCO - Funk and Wagnalls:**
 * Database Name || Subject Area || Time Period || Result List Features || Help/About Information || Other Special Features ||
 * EBSCO - Funk and Wagnalls || For students and adults alike, the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia database indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. Full text for each record may be easily accessed by double clicking on the topic from the display. The database contains various images, offers brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas. This database is updated annually. || Updated annually, covers all general encyclopedia articles from Ancient Civilization to present; most articles written after 1995. || Results are listed by relevance, date, or title of article and have a "relevancy meter" to show how similar it is to the terms searched. Results can be seen in full article text, pdf, downloaded or emailed. || There is a very detailed help menu that provides additional information on everything from setting preferences to searching to saving search results. || The EBSCO format allows for "smart text searching" that attempts to decipher text as though it were speech in order to provide more specific search results. There is also the option to do a "visual search" which allows the user to group results in a map. This can be helpful for visual learners. ||



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