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The Canadian Encyclopedia Historica Foundation of Canada Toronto 2001 http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca Gratis
It might be said that the full possibilities of a print encyclopaedia are only realised once it has been transformed into an electronic resource. Words on a page are constrained necessarily by their static nature. However, the online user may jump from hyperlink to fascinating hyperlink and explore relationships among topics otherwise lacking obvious connection. Of the many rewards for moving an encyclopaedia to electronic format, the opportunity to lose oneself in extended associations is primary.
The respected The Canadian Encyclopedia (TCE) is one key reference resource that has gained a great deal in its transition from print to CD-ROM and DVD. Online availability has proven a welcome and natural extension of its other electronic formats. Originally published in 1985 in print, TCE was...