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The index can help you find information in several different ways.

How to Use the Britannica

Student Encyclopedia Index

If you know the name of the subject you want to

read about, you can look up that name. If the

encyclopedia has an article on that subject then

the index will tell you the volume and page number

where you will find that article.

Sometimes other articles also have

information about that subject.

The index will tell you when there

is more information about a topic

in another article.

Sometimes the encyclopedia has information on

the subject, but it is under a different name. The

index will tell you what name to look under.

The index also has many tables

that can help you find a subject.

For example, if your teacher asks

you to do a report on a famous

African American you can look up

“African American” in the index.

You will find a table that lists some

famous African Americans. The

encyclopedia has an article on each

name in that list. There are more

than 30 subject lists throughout

the index. They include lists of

every country on each continent as

well as lists of science

topics, arts, world leaders,

and many more.

excrement (biology): see in index feces

excretion (biology)

living thing volume 7 page 169

executive branch (government)

government volume 5 page 132

major executive departments table, volume

14 page 35

United States government volume 14

page 34

exercise (physical activity)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 4 page 171

MORE TO EXPLORE

swimming volume 12 page 215

yoga volume 15 page 93

exhaust stroke (internal combustion)

internal-combustion engine volume 6

page 141, picture, volume 6 page 140

exhaust system (automotive)

automobile volume 1 page 236, picture,

volume 1 page 235

exhibition, art (art show): see in index art

exhibit

Exodus (ancient Hebrew history and Old

Testament story)

ancient Egypt volume 4 page 114

handwritten bible picture, volume 2

page 67

exoskeleton (anatomy)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 4 page 172

MORE TO EXPLORE

insect volume 6 page 138, picture, volume

6 page 139

cicada picture, volume 4 page 173

cockroach volume 3 page 147

invertebrate volume 6 page 144

krill volume 7 page 87

shell volume 12 page 79

skeletal system volume 12 page 96

exosphere (atmospheric region)

atmosphere volume 1 page 223

expanding universe (cosmology)

universe volume 14 page 37

expansion (physics)

water volume 15 page 23

experimental method: see in index scientific

method

exploration

MAIN ARTICLE volume 4 page 173, picture,

volume 4 page 174

MORE TO EXPLORE

Renaissance volume 11 page 46

technology and invention volume 13

page 26

exploration and settlement of the

Americas: see in index Americas

Explorer 1 (artificial satellite)

satellite volume 12 page 41

explosion (chemical reaction)

bomb picture, volume 3 page 165

combustion volume 3 page 165

explosive (chemical product)

quarrying volume 11 page 7

expressway (road)

earthquake damage picture, volume 4

page 92

extermination camp (Nazi concentration

camp): see in index death camp

external auditory canal (anatomy): see in

index ear canal

external ear (anatomy): see in index outer

ear

external migration

human migration volume 8 page 126

external recycling (waste management)

recycling volume 11 page 35

extinction (animal)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 126, picture,

volume 1 page 126, picture, volume 1

page 127

MORE TO EXPLORE

prehistoric life volume 10 page 146

extra point (sports)

football volume 5 page 49

eye (anatomy)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 4 page 175, picture,

volume 4 page 175

MORE TO EXPLORE

cosmetics volume 3 page 202

gecko picture, volume 4 page 176

lens volume 7 page 131

octopus picture, volume 4 page 176

eyeglasses (optical aid)

lens volume 7 page 131

eyepiece (part of optical instrument)

microscope volume 8 page 120

telescope volume 13 page 38, picture,

volume 13 page 38

Eyeries (village in Ireland) picture, volume

6 page 155

eyesight (physiology): see in index sight

Ezra’s Temple (Judaism): see in index

Jerusalem, Temple of

F (temperature scale): see in index Fahrenheit

F-16 (military aircraft) picture, volume 1

page 52

FA (British sports organization): see in

index Football Association

FAA (U.S. government agency): see in

index Federal Aviation Administration

fable (story)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 5 page 4

MORE TO EXPLORE

Aesop volume 1 page 35

Amundsen,

Roald

Balboa, Vasco

Nunez de

Cabot, John

Cartier, Jacques

Champlain,

Samuel de

Columbus,

Christopher

Cook, James

Coronado,

Francisco

Cortes, Hernan

De Soto,

Hernando

Dias,

Bartolomeu

Drake, Francis

Fremont, John

Charles

Gama, Vasco da

Henson,

Matthew

Jolliet, Louis