Is there an online science encyclopedia? I'm thinking something similar to the philosophy encyclopedia at http://plato.stanford.edu/contents.html.

http://www.wisci.org.

Thanks for the link, but the one problem I'm trying to avoid is websites that are edittable by the general public. I need a credible website that I can link to from my website, one that can't be tampered with by just anybody.

The very serious journal Nature found that Wikipedia was as accurate as Encyclopedia Britannica.

Which is what? A pat to Wikipedia - or a slap to Britannica?

Both

wow that must be a bitchslap to all the people who have worked on britannica over the centuries. in a VERY short time wikipedia has caught up with them and will probably surpass soon.

The very serious journal Nature[/i'] found that Wikipedia was as accurate as Encyclopedia Britannica.

 

Is that so?

Is that so?

 

Indeed, Britannica are NOT happy...

 

http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/mg19025452.400.html

The question remains: to trust neither or both?

Journals and text books

Is that so?

 

Yes; http://www.nature.com/news/2005/051212/full/438900a.html

 

But the best is probably NOT to rely on any enclypedia for serious researches.

WiSci is currently developing a peer-review policy to use for accuracy concerns, although we only have about 200 articles at the moment.