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Comprising more than 2,000 original entries and 5,000 images, video and audio clips, the New Georgia Encyclopedia reaches hundreds of thousands of users each year statewide, nationally, and internationally. Taking into account the broad and diverse audience for the NGE, writers and editors for the project work to ensure that the content is both accessible to students and general readers and useful to those with more specialized knowledge. Distinguished scholars, writers, and experts in many fields from Georgia and beyond develop the articles and other content that make up the NGE.

As an online enterprise, the NGE is continuously updated and expanded. It escapes the linear boundaries of traditional print encyclopedias by permitting database searches and linkages among articles; by incorporating graphics, video, and audio; and by linking to other resources on the Internet.

Launched on February 12, 2004, the NGE is one of the first online state encyclopedias in the nation to be developed with original content exclusively for the Internet. From 1998 to 2000 the project's staff worked with a team of editorial advisers to shape the initial outline of the encyclopedia, which has since been expanded to incorporate new subject areas and articles. The commissioning of articles began in 2000 and continues to the present; each article undergoes a rigorous editorial and fact-checking process before publication.