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.

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.

A country-by-country guide to the world—the product of sixty-eight years of CIA intelligence.
From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, The CIA World Factbook 2011 offers complete and up-to-date information on the world’s nations. This comprehensive guide has been updated for 2011 with detailed information on politics, populations, military expenditures, economics, and much more. For every country on the globe, you'll find detailed maps with new geopolitical data; statistics on the population of each country, with details on literacy rates, HIV prevalence, and age structure; updated data on military expenditures and capabilities; details on prominent political parties and contact information for diplomatic consultation; and more.

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.