This site includes contents of the Information Please Almanacs, a biography database, a dictionary, an atlas, and articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia. You can search these ready reference works together or separately or browse the Almanacs. There are feature stories each week covering topics in the news, with links to pertinent Almanac content and other Web resources.

Since 1792, The Old Farmer's Almanac has published useful and entertaining information that includes tide tables, sunrise tables, planting charts, recipes, and weather. This electronic version answers questions about weather, astronomy, folklore, and history, and provides gardening advice and household hints.

Topics covered include arts and entertainment, U.S. cities and states, people in the news, the nations of the world, sports, the environment, vital statistics, science and technology, computers, and taxes. Also includes the Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia.