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Encyclopedia Britannica Online
http://www.britannica.com/
Formerly free, Encyclopedia Britannica Online now requires a subscription to read encyclopedia articles in their entirety although access to web sites they select is still free.

Encarta
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/artcenter.aspx
Full-text and free access to this popular encyclopedia that started out as a Microsoft CD-ROM.  

Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia via EBSCO
http://www.gl.iit.edu/database/database.htm
This database provides over 25,000 entries.

KnowPlay
http://www.kplay.cc/reference.html
Quick searches on Encyclopedias and more.