K-12 and College Students Find Answer to Search for Accurate, Timely Online Reference Material
Reference Content on Two Trusted Sites - Infoplease and Fact Monster - Developed by Highly Qualified Professional Writers
by Lisa Wolfe, L. Wolfe Communications
BOSTON, MA (April 25, 2007)—With the explosion of reference sites available on the Web, students, educators and librarians continue to turn to Infoplease (www.infoplease.com) and its companion site for younger researchers, Fact Monster (www.factmonster.com), for reference material they can trust. More than 10 million visitors use these comprehensive reference sites each month to find accurate content prepared by highly qualified, professional writers who research and fact-check every posting.
Building on its roots as one of America's premier print almanacs, the "Information Please Almanac," Infoplease includes a wealth of resources for anyone looking for accurate, timely reference content. In addition to world news and feature stories, the hundreds of thousands of pages on Infoplease include the "Columbia Encyclopedia," the "Random House Dictionary" and a thesaurus, as well as profiles of U.S. states and cities and every country in the world and an atlas with detailed country and state maps. Fact Monster offers younger researchers a reliable kid- and tween-friendly destination for homework help and facts on thousands of subjects. Fact Monster also includes an encyclopedia, educational games, quizzes, research tools and holiday features. Both reference Web sites are developed by a team of professional writers and editors who write, fact-check, edit and continuously update the content.
Students and researchers, as well as other online publishers, turn to Infoplease for its accurate and reliable content.
"Infoplease has always been the place to go for carefully researched facts about nearly everything. We rely on it especially for background on people and places: George Washington and Valley Forge, Kublai Khan and ancient Mongolia, Montezuma II and his legendary court at Tenochtitlán," said Fritz Holznagel, editor in chief, Who2.com, the online encyclopedia of famous people, and winner of the 1995 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions. "Our work requires total accuracy, and Infoplease has never let us down. There's no source we trust more."
Infoplease and Fact Monster also help students and other researchers ensure that they are accurately citing the information they use. The easy-to-use "cite this page" icon available on both reference Web sites provides users with a customized citation for the information they are using. By simply clicking on the icon at the bottom of any page, a popup window appears and a complete, accurate citation is available.
"With the proliferation and popularity of user-generated reference Web sites, Infoplease and Fact Monster are even more determined to ensure that we offer the most authoritative, accurate and comprehensive reference content available online," said Jess Brallier, publisher, Infoplease and Fact Monster. "Our team of experienced, professional editors and writers works tirelessly to fact-check and verify every detail on our sites so students and other researchers can cite our information with the confidence that it is accurate and up to date."
About Information Please
Information Please (www.infoplease.com) is an authoritative, current and comprehensive reference Web site that covers world news, includes thousands of in-depth articles, interactive tools and offers an atlas, almanac, encyclopedia, dictionary and thesaurus. With content written and maintained by professional editors, Infoplease.com is committed to providing users with the most authoritative, accurate and timely reference content.
About Fact Monster
Fact Monster (www.factmonster.com) is a reliable kid- and tween-friendly destination for homework help and facts on thousands of subjects, including sports, entertainment, geography, history, biography, education and health. Highly ranked in search engines, Fact Monster contains an encyclopedia, almanacs, educational games, quizzes, research tools, holiday features and more.
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