Dictionaries and encyclopediaes

On 14th February we started our formation introducing ourselves and talking about the contents we were going to learn during the other sessions and established our timetable.
Along the first session we went through some dictionaries and encyclopediaes.
The one we chose to talk about is http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
On the left you have what's inside  and there are eight free different kinds of dictionaries related to Topic Areas such as Medical, Financial, Acronyms, Idioms...Then you have one which needs subscription: Hutchinson Encyclopedia.
Then you find links to other dictionaries in 13 different languages including Portuguese and the corresponding flags.This allows you to access the homepage in the language you want and create your personal homepage inyour language.
Then you have a folder for Surfers, Webmasters and Weather.
In the middle of the homepage we have six options: Customize your Homepage,Word of the Day, Article of the Day, In the News, This Day in History and Today's Birthday.
On the right you have access to different fields: English Language Forum, My Word List, Games of spelling, writing and listening, Quotation of the Day and Horoscope.
When you click on  one of the different types of dictionaries you have 8 folders(all dictionaries)and if you choose one word you may listen to British and American pronunciation, you have information about synonyms, words related, antonyms, the origin of the word, translation...
In my opinion it's a very good tool for students because they can get lots of varied information and improve their skills. It´s appealing and very complete.