21 April 2008
Britannica WebShare: Free access for bloggers!
Posted by Jessica Ball
Here’s some exciting news: Subscriptions to the online version of the Encyclopedia Britannica are being offered free to qualified “web publishers”, which includes bloggers, webmasters and anyone who writes for the internet. The program is called Britannica WebShare, and the link is here; all you have to do to be considered for a subscription is fill in the application form and wait for them to get back to you. There’s no telling who they’ll consider qualified, but there’s certainly no reason to turn down a chance at a free subscription to a valuable reference resource.
Jessica Ball is a volcanologist at the U.S. Geological Survey, researching volcanic hydrothermal systems and stability, and doing science communication for the California Volcano Observatory. She previously worked at the Geological Society of America's Washington DC Policy Office, learning about the intersection of Earth science and legislative affairs. Her Mendenhall postdoc and PhD focused on how water affects the stability of volcanoes, and involved both field investigations and numerical modeling applications. Her blogging covers a range of topics, from her experiences in academic geosciences to science outreach and communication to her field and lab work in volcanology.