List of encyclopedias by branch of knowledge
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Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia is a type of reference work, a compendium holding a summary of information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge....
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English language
- The Children's EncyclopediaThe Children's EncyclopediaThe Children's Encyclopædia was an encyclopædia originated by Arthur Mee, and published by the Educational Book Company, a subsidiary of Amalgamated Press of London. It was published from 1908 to 1964. Walter M. Jackson's company Grolier acquired the rights to publish it in the U.S...
, by Arthur MeeArthur MeeArthur Henry Mee was a British writer, journalist and educator. He is best known for The Harmsworth Self-Educator, The Children's Encyclopaedia, The Children's Newspaper, and The King's England...
. - Children's Illustrated EncyclopediaChildren's Illustrated EncyclopediaThe Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia tells children about nearly all kinds of things. The book's motto is "From Aboriginal Australians to Zoos".Published by Dorling Kindersley, it won Blue Peter Children's Book Award in 2001.-Entries:...
, published by Dorling KindersleyDorling KindersleyDorling Kindersley is an international publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 51 languages. It is currently part of the Penguin Group.... - Collier's EncyclopediaCollier's EncyclopediaP.F. Collier & Son Company published Collier's New Encyclopedia from 1902–1929, initially in 16 volumes and later in 10 volumes.Collier's 11 volume National Encyclopedia replaced Collier's New Encyclopedia....
- Columbia EncyclopediaColumbia EncyclopediaThe Columbia Encyclopedia is a one-volume encyclopedia produced by Columbia University Press and sold by the Gale Group. First published in 1935, and continuing its important relationship with Columbia University, the encyclopedia underwent major revisions in 1950 and 1963; the current edition is...
: a one-volume encyclopedia from Columbia University PressColumbia University PressColumbia University Press is a university press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University. It is currently directed by James D. Jordan and publishes titles in the humanities and sciences, including the fields of literary and cultural studies, history, social work, sociology,...
last published in 2000. - Cambridge Encyclopedia: a one-volume encyclopedia from Cambridge University PressCambridge University PressCambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
last published in 1997 - Compton's EncyclopediaCompton's EncyclopediaCompton's Encyclopedia and Fact-Index is a home and school encyclopedia first published in 1922 as "Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia". The word "Pictured" was removed from the title with the 1968 edition. The encyclopedia is now advertised as Compton's by Britannica.Compton's Multimedia Encyclopedia...
: 26 volume encyclopedia - Encyclopedia AmericanaEncyclopedia AmericanaEncyclopedia Americana is one of the largest general encyclopedias in the English language. Following the acquisition of Grolier in 2000, the encyclopedia has been produced by Scholastic....
: both a print work and currently a part of Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. - Encyclopædia BritannicaEncyclopædia BritannicaThe Encyclopædia Britannica , published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia that is available in print, as a DVD, and on the Internet. It is written and continuously updated by about 100 full-time editors and more than 4,000 expert...
: one of the best-known encyclopedias in English. See also the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. - Funk & Wagnalls
- Groliers Encyclopedia
- Grolier Book of Knowledge: 20 volumes of equal length
- New American Desk Encyclopedia: Small paperback encyclopedia last published in 1997
- Oracle EncyclopædiaOracle EncyclopædiaThe Oracle Encyclopædia is a five-volume general encyclopedia. It was published in 1895 in London by George Newnes and edited by R. W. Egerton Eastwick....
: a five volume encyclopedia published in 1895 - Random House Encyclopedia: a one-volume encyclopedia from Random HouseRandom HouseRandom House, Inc. is the largest general-interest trade book publisher in the world. It has been owned since 1998 by the German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House also has a movie production arm, Random House Films,...
last published in 1990 - Pears CyclopaediaPears CyclopaediaPears Cyclopaedia is a one volume encyclopaedia published in the United Kingdom. Pears Soap launched Pears Shilling Cyclopaedia in December 1897....
: a one-volume encyclopaedia published annually in the United Kingdom - The Penguin Encyclopedia: a one-volume encyclopedia published by the Penguin GroupPenguin GroupThe Penguin Group is a trade book publisher, the largest in the world , having overtaken Random House in 2009. The Penguin Group is the name of the incorporated division of parent Pearson PLC that oversees these publishing operations...
in 2002 and edited by David CrystalDavid CrystalDavid Crystal OBE FLSW FBA is a linguist, academic and author.-Background and career:Crystal was born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. He grew up in Holyhead, North Wales, and Liverpool, England where he attended St Mary's College from 1951.... - World Book EncyclopediaWorld Book EncyclopediaThe World Book Encyclopedia is an encyclopedia published in the United States. It is self-described as "the number-one selling print encyclopedia in the world." The encyclopedia is designed to cover major areas of knowledge uniformly, but it shows particular strength in scientific, technical, and...
: designed for family use, World Book is the world's best selling print encyclopedia
Spanish language
- Diccionario Enciclopédico Espasa
- Diccionario Enciclopédico Hispano-Americano de Literatura, Ciencias y Artes: Barcelona, Montaner y Simón, 1887–1899, reprints and appendices up to 1910. Reprinted by the London editor Walter M. Jackson (C. H. Simonds Company, Impresores, Boston, Estados Unidos de Norte América).
- Enciclopedia Encarta
- Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana; the biggest encyclopedia of its time. Also known as Enciclopedia Espasa o Enciclopedia Espasa-Calpe
- Enciclopedia Labor
- Enciclopedia Libre UniversalEnciclopedia LibreEnciclopedia Libre Universal en Español is a Spanish language wiki encyclopedia, released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. It uses the MediaWiki software. It started as a fork of the Spanish Wikipedia.-History:...
also known as Enciclopedia Libre - Enciclopedia moderna: diccionario universal de literatura, ciencias, artes, agricultura, industria y comercio, Madrid: editor Francisco de Paula Mellado, 1851-1855, 37 volúmenes.
- Enciclopedia Salvat
- Gran enciclopedia planeta, 20 volumes, DVD and on-line encyclopedia, 2004. Geared for adults, and published by the same people who publish the Encyclopædia Britannica.
- Britannica Enciclopedia Universal Ilustrada, 20 volumes; heavily illustrated. Also published by the Encyclopædia Britannica, but designed for students 10–17 years of age.
- Nueva enciclopedia Durvan
- Nueva enciclopedia cumbre, published by Grolier in 14 volumes and available online.
Other languages
- Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und KünsteAllgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und KünsteThe Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste was a 19th-century German encyclopaedia published by Johann Samuel Ersch and Johann Gottfried Gruber, therefore also known as the "Ersch-Gruber." One of the most ambitious encyclopaedia projects ever, it remained uncompleted.It was designed...
: very large 19th-century German-language encyclopaedia by Ersch and Gruber - AnabritannicaAnabritannicaThe AnaBritannica is an encyclopedia that started publication in Turkey by Ana Publishing House in Turkey on November 5, 1986. It was designed to be published in weekly fascicles of 64 pages to continue for four years and finish at page 14,400 at the end of the last fascicle. The...
: published in TurkeyTurkeyTurkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
and based on the Britannica MicropædiaMicropædiaThe 12-volume Micropædia is one of the three parts of the 15th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica, the other two being the one-volume Propædia and the 17-volume Macropædia. The name Micropædia is a neologism coined by Mortimer J... - BanglapediaBanglapediaBanglapedia, or the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh, is the first Bangladeshi encyclopedia. It is available in print, CD-ROM format and online, in both Bangla and English. The print version comprises ten 500-page volumes...
: National encyclopedia of BangladeshBangladeshBangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south... - Brockhaus: German encyclopedia
- Brockhaus and EfronBrockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic DictionaryThe Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary is, in its scope and style, the Russian counterpart to the Encyclopædia Britannica. It contains 121,240 articles, 7,800 images, and 235 maps...
: Russian-language imperial encyclopedia in 86 volumes - Encyclopedia of ChinaEncyclopedia of ChinaThe Encyclopedia of China is the first large-entry modern encyclopedia in the Chinese language. The compilation began at 1978. Published by the Encyclopedia of China Publishing House, the encyclopedia was issued one volume at a time, beginning in 1980 with a volume on astronomy; the final volume...
- Den Store Danske EncyklopædiDen Store Danske EncyklopædiDen Store Danske Encyklopædi is the most comprehensive contemporary Danish language encyclopedia. The 20 volumes of the encyclopedia were published successively between 1994 and 2001; a one-volume supplement was published in 2002 and two index volumes in 2003...
(The Great Danish Encyclopedia) in Danish - Enciclopedia ItalianaEnciclopedia ItalianaThe Enciclopedia Italiana di scienze, lettere ed arti , is an Italian encyclopedia, generally regarded as the most authoritative of that language...
in Italian - Enciklopedija Jugoslavije in Serbo-Croatian
- Enciklopedija SlovenijeEnciklopedija SlovenijeThe Encyclopedia of Slovenia is a Slovene-language encyclopedia that contains topics related to Slovenia. It was published from 1987 to 2002 in 16 volumes by Mladinska knjiga in cooperation with the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts....
in Slovene - Enciclopedia României in Romanian (1939)
- Great Soviet EncyclopediaGreat Soviet EncyclopediaThe Great Soviet Encyclopedia is one of the largest and most comprehensive encyclopedias in Russian and in the world, issued by the Soviet state from 1926 to 1990, and again since 2002 .-Editions:There were three editions...
(Большая Советская Энциклопедия): The second largest and most comprehensive encyclopedia in Russian; here were 3 editions, 3rd edition of 1969-1978 contains 30 volumes - Grosses vollständiges Universal-LexiconGrosses vollständiges Universal-LexiconThe Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon aller Wissenschafften und Künste is a 68-volume German encyclopedia published by Johann Heinrich Zedler between 1731 and 1754...
: huge 18th-century German encyclopedia by Johann Heinrich ZedlerJohann Heinrich ZedlerJohann Heinrich Zedler was a bookseller and publisher. His most important achievement was the creation of a German encyclopedia, the Grosses Universal-Lexicon ,... - Gujin tushu jichengGujin Túshu JíchéngThe Gujin Tushu Jicheng , is a vast encyclopaedic work written in China during the reigns of Qing emperors Kangxi and Yongzheng, completed in 1725. The work was headed initially by scholar Chen Menglei , and later by Jiang Tingxi. It contained 800,000 pages and over 100 million Chinese characters...
: Chinese language encyclopedia completed in 1725 (10 million Chinese characters) - Tamil Kalaik kaLanjiyam: Tamil-language 10-volume encyclopedia published in 1963.
- Lexicon UniversaleLexicon UniversaleThe Lexicon Universale of 1698 is an early modern humanist encyclopedia by Johann Jacob Hofmann of Basel . It appeared in four volumes with 1,000 pages each.-External links:*...
in Latin (1698) - Magyar Nagylexikon (The Great Hungarian Lexicon): 19 volume general encyclopedia in Hungarian
- Musik in Geschichte und GegenwartMusik in Geschichte und GegenwartDie Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart is the largest and most comprehensive German music encyclopedia, and among Western music reference sources, only the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is comparable to it in size and scope...
(1999): 27 volume German encyclopedia of music and musicians - Meyers Konversations-LexikonMeyers Konversations-LexikonMeyers Konversations-Lexikon or Meyers Lexikon was a major German encyclopedia that existed in various editions, and several titles, from 1839 until 1984, when it merged with the Brockhaus encyclopedia....
; in German - Pomorska enciklopedija: in Serbo-Croatian (The Maritime Encyclopedia)
- Medicinska enciklopedija: in Serbo-Croatian
- Tehnička enciklopedija: in Serbo-Croatian (Technical encyclopedia)
- Enciklopedija hrvatske umjetnosti: in Croatian (The Encyclopedia of Croatian Art), (2005)
- Filmska enciklopedija: in Croatian (The Film encyclopedia)
- NationalencyklopedinNationalencyklopedinNationalencyklopedin is the most comprehensive contemporary Swedish language encyclopedia, initiated by a favourable loan from the Government of Sweden of 17 million Swedish kronor in 1980, which was repaid by December 1990...
: encyclopedia in Swedish - Nordisk familjebokNordisk familjebokNordisk familjebok is a Swedish encyclopedia, published between 1876 and 1957.- History :The first edition was published in 20 volumes between 1876 and 1899. The first edition is known as the "Iðunn edition" because of the picture of Iðunn on the cover...
: encyclopedia in Swedish - Otto's encyclopediaOtto's encyclopediaOtto's encyclopedia , published at the turn of the 20th century, is the largest encyclopedia written in the Czech language. For its scope and the quality of the writing, it is comparable to the greatest world encyclopedias of its time, such as Encyclopædia Britannica.-The first edition:At the...
: the largest Czech-language encyclopedia published between 1888–1908 and 1930–1943 - The Book of HealingThe Book of HealingThe Book of Healing is a scientific and philosophical encyclopedia written by Abū Alī ibn Sīnā from Asfahana, near Bukhara in Greater Persia. Despite its English title, it is not in fact concerned with medicine...
: a thirty volume Arabic-language encyclopedia published by AvicennaAvicennaAbū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sīnā , commonly known as Ibn Sīnā or by his Latinized name Avicenna, was a Persian polymath, who wrote almost 450 treatises on a wide range of subjects, of which around 240 have survived...
in 1027 - The Persian EncyclopediaThe Persian EncyclopediaThe Persian Encyclopedia is one of the most comprehensive and authoritative Encyclopedias written in the Persian language. It is a two-volume encyclopedia published as three physical volumes....
: a three volume Persian-language encyclopedia edited by Gholamhossein Mosahab, partially based on the early editions of the Columbia EncyclopediaColumbia EncyclopediaThe Columbia Encyclopedia is a one-volume encyclopedia produced by Columbia University Press and sold by the Gale Group. First published in 1935, and continuing its important relationship with Columbia University, the encyclopedia underwent major revisions in 1950 and 1963; the current edition is... - Vojna enciklopedija in Serbo-Croatian (The Military Encyclopedia)
- Wielka Encyklopedia Powszechna PWNWielka Encyklopedia Powszechna PWNWielka Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN was, until 2005, the largest Polish encyclopedia ever written. It was published between 1962 and 1970 by Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe in Warsaw...
, 13 volumes, 1962–1970, the largest encyclopedia to date in Polish - Wielka Encyklopedia PWNWielka Encyklopedia PWNWielka Encyklopedia PWN is a universal encyclopedia in Polish, published by Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe in Warsaw, between 2001 and 2005....
, 2001–2005, the successor to the WEP PWN; larger and more objective, it is currently being finished
On CD-ROM, DVD-ROM and/or the Internet
- AllRefer.com: Columbia Encyclopedia
- Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia: only available in electronic form.
- Encyclopædia BritannicaEncyclopædia BritannicaThe Encyclopædia Britannica , published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia that is available in print, as a DVD, and on the Internet. It is written and continuously updated by about 100 full-time editors and more than 4,000 expert...
. See also the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. - Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference SuiteEncyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference SuiteEncyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite is an encyclopædia published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., available on DVD.-Contents:...
, available on DVD - Encyclopedia of Kirill and Mefodiy: in Russian.
- Gran Enciclopedia Planeta, in Spanish.
- Grolier's Electronic Encyclopedia: The first computer encyclopedia, produced on CD-ROM by KnowledgeSet in 1985.
- Microsoft EncartaEncartaMicrosoft Encarta was a digital multimedia encyclopedia published by Microsoft Corporation from 1993 to 2009. , the complete English version, Encarta Premium, consisted of more than 62,000 articles, numerous photos and illustrations, music clips, videos, interactive contents, timelines, maps and...
: once published by MicrosoftMicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
, now discontinued. It was only available in electronic form. - Nueva enciclopedia cumbre, published by Grolier.
- Micronet Universal: in Spanish. Published by Micronet.
- here Encyclopédie Larousse en ligne, available.
- here The Enciclopedia Compacta Britannica, available from Babylon. The Britannica Concise Encyclopedia translated into Spanish.
- Rubricon: the largest online encyclopedic portal in Russian.
- WikipediaWikipediaWikipedia is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its 20 million articles have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. Almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the site,...
: Officially the world's largest free encyclopedia — a project to create a comprehensive encyclopedia using wikiWikiA wiki is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used collaboratively by multiple users. Examples include...
software - Software MacKiev World Book: Windows and Mac electronic versions published by. Contains every article from print encyclopedia.
Website only
- Enciclopedia LibreEnciclopedia LibreEnciclopedia Libre Universal en Español is a Spanish language wiki encyclopedia, released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. It uses the MediaWiki software. It started as a fork of the Spanish Wikipedia.-History:...
: project to create a Spanish encyclopedia using wikiWikiA wiki is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used collaboratively by multiple users. Examples include...
software, released under the GFDLGNU Free Documentation LicenseThe GNU Free Documentation License is a copyleft license for free documentation, designed by the Free Software Foundation for the GNU Project. It is similar to the GNU General Public License, giving readers the rights to copy, redistribute, and modify a work and requires all copies and...
. - Encyclopedia of Life SciencesEncyclopedia of Life SciencesThe Encyclopedia of Life Sciences is an encyclopedia that spans the entire spectrum of life sciences and is published by Wiley-Blackwell....
- Encyclopaedia of Turkey: An online encyclopedia about Turkey and Anatolian Culture.
- http://enciclopediaromaniei.rowebsite Enciclopedia României (Encyclopedia of Romania): project to create a Romanian-language encyclopedia using wikiWikiA wiki is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used collaboratively by multiple users. Examples include...
software, released under the CC by-nc-nd 3.0 -] - EncycloZine: an online encyclopedia of books and knowledge.
- Everything2Everything2Everything2, Everything2, or E2 for short is a collaborative Web-based community consisting of a database of interlinked user-submitted written material. E2 is moderated for quality, but has no formal policy on subject matter...
- Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia: an electronic encyclopedia published by GrolierGrolierGrolier was one of the largest U.S. publishers of general encyclopedias, including The Book of Knowledge , The New Book of Knowledge , The New Book of Popular Science , Encyclopedia Americana , Academic American Encyclopedia , and numerous incarnations of The Electronic Encyclopedia .Grolier was an...
. - Hierarchypedia: an online encyclopedia using Wikimedia that is no longer online.
- Internet FAQ archives
- netcyclo: John Anderson's Internet encyclopedia project.
- NupediaNupediaNupedia was an English-language Web-based encyclopedia whose articles were written by experts and licensed as free content. It was founded by Jimmy Wales and underwritten by Bomis, with Larry Sanger as editor-in-chief...
: a peer reviewPeer reviewPeer review is a process of self-regulation by a profession or a process of evaluation involving qualified individuals within the relevant field. Peer review methods are employed to maintain standards, improve performance and provide credibility...
ed, open contentOpen contentOpen content or OpenContent is a neologism coined by David Wiley in 1998 which describes a creative work that others can copy or modify. The term evokes open source, which is a related concept in software....
encyclopedia project, currently inactive. - Open SiteOpen SiteOpen-Site, the Open Encyclopedia Project, is a free internet encyclopedia founded in 2002 by Michael J. Flickinger in an effort to build a free categorized community-built encyclopedia, inspired by the Open Directory Project...
: an effort inspired by, but not officially affiliated with, the Open Directory ProjectOpen Directory ProjectThe Open Directory Project , also known as Dmoz , is a multilingual open content directory of World Wide Web links. It is owned by Netscape but it is constructed and maintained by a community of volunteer editors.ODP uses a hierarchical ontology scheme for organizing site listings...
. - Ekşi Sözlük: a collaborative hypertext Turkish dictionary and encyclopedia site that shares a similar concept with Everything2 or H2G2.
- Probert EncyclopaediaProbert EncyclopaediaThe Probert Encyclopaedia is an online encyclopedia containing over 110,000 entries organized topically, written and published by Matthew Probert under the name Probert Publishing...
: an online topical encyclopedia consisting of almost 100,000 short entries, published by Mathew Probert and based in the United Kingdom. - Susning.nuSusning.nuSusning.nu was a Swedish language wiki, started in October 2001 by Lars Aronsson . In its first three years , Susning.nu ran as an open wiki that anyone could edit...
: project to create a Swedish-language encyclopedia using wikiWikiA wiki is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used collaboratively by multiple users. Examples include...
software. Anyone-can-edit encyclopedia until 2004, shut down in 2009. - WikipediaWikipediaWikipedia is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its 20 million articles have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. Almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the site,...
- Wikiweise: project to create a German-language encyclopedia using wiki software, released under the GFDLGNU Free Documentation LicenseThe GNU Free Documentation License is a copyleft license for free documentation, designed by the Free Software Foundation for the GNU Project. It is similar to the GNU General Public License, giving readers the rights to copy, redistribute, and modify a work and requires all copies and...
. - WikiZnanie: project to create a Russian-language encyclopedia using wiki software, released under the BSD DPLFreeBSD Documentation LicenseThe FreeBSD Documentation License is the license that covers most of the documentation for the FreeBSD operating system.The license is very similar to the 2-clause Simplified BSD License used by the rest of FreeBSD, however, it makes the meanings of "source code" and "compile" less ambiguous in the...
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American
- Encyclopedia of New JerseyEncyclopedia of New JerseyThe Encyclopedia of New Jersey is edited by Maxine N. Lurie and Marc Mappen and contains around 3,000 original articles, along with 585 illustrations and 130 maps. It was published in 2004 by Rutgers University Press, with ISBN 0813533252....
- Handbook of TexasHandbook of TexasThe Handbook of Texas is a comprehensive encyclopedia of Texas geography, history, and historical persons published by the Texas State Historical Association .-History:...
- Utah History Encyclopedia (1994)
Australian
- Australian EncyclopaediaAustralian EncyclopaediaThe Australian Encyclopedia is an encyclopedia focused on Australia. In addition to biographies of notable Australians the coverage includes the geology, flora, fauna as well as the history of the continent. It was first published by Angus and Robertson in two volumes, one each in 1925 and 1926...
(1925, 1958, 1977, 1983, 1988, 1996) - Online version Encyclopedia of Melbourne Sept 2005. Edited by Andrew Brown-May and Shurlee Swain. 864 pp. ISBN 978-0-521-84234-1 -
Bangladesh
- BanglapediaBanglapediaBanglapedia, or the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh, is the first Bangladeshi encyclopedia. It is available in print, CD-ROM format and online, in both Bangla and English. The print version comprises ten 500-page volumes...
in 10 Volumes published in 2003 bilingual of English and Bengali.
Belarusian
- Belarusian Soviet Encyclopedia in 12 volumes (1969–1974)
- Encyclopedia of Literature and Art of Belarus in 5 volumes (1984–1987)
- Encyclopedia of Ethnography of Belarus in 1 volume (1989)
- Encyclopedia of History of Belarus in 6 volumes (1993–2003)
- Belarusian Encyclopedia in 18 volumes (1996–2004)
- Encyclopedia of Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 3 volumes (2005–2010)
Canadian
- Canada: An Encyclopedia of the Country - (1898–1900)
- Canada and its Province - (1913–1917)
- The Canadian EncyclopediaThe Canadian EncyclopediaThe Canadian Encyclopedia is a source of information on Canada. It is available online, at no cost. The Canadian Encyclopedia is available in both English and French and includes some 14,000 articles in each language on a wide variety of subjects including history, popular culture, events, people,...
- (1985 and 1988) - Encyclopedia Canadiana - (1957)
- The Encyclopedia of Canada - (1935–1937)
- Encyclopedia of Music in Canada - (1981 and 1992)
- The Junior Encyclopedia of Canada - (1989)
Croatian
- Opća enciklopedija JLZ - (1977–1982)
- Hrvatska opća enciklopedija (started in 1999- 7th vol. 2005 of 11)
- Opća i nacionalna enciklopedija (2005- complete 2007)
India
- Encyclopedia of Indian heritage and culture, ed. by Devendra Mishra, New Delhi : Shree Publ. & Distributors, 2008-
- Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies
Iranian
- Loghatnameh DehkhodaDehkhoda DictionaryThe Dehkhoda Dictionary is the largest comprehensive Persian dictionary ever published, comprising 15 volumes . The complete work is an ongoing effort that entails over forty-five years of efforts by Dehkhoda and a cadre of other experts.The series initially consisted of 3 million records until...
: a fourteen volume PersianPersian languagePersian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
dictionary edited by Dr. Ali Akbar Dehkhoda - Encyclopædia IranicaEncyclopædia IranicaEncyclopædia Iranica is a project whose goal is to create a comprehensive and authoritative English language encyclopedia about the history, culture, and civilization of Iranian peoples from prehistory to modern times...
: on Iranian peoplesIranian peoplesThe Iranian peoples are an Indo-European ethnic-linguistic group, consisting of the speakers of Iranian languages, a major branch of the Indo-European language family, as such forming a branch of Indo-European-speaking peoples...
and IranIranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
(Persia) - Encyclopaedia of Iran and Islam published in PersianPersian languagePersian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
in TehranTehranTehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to... - Encyclopaedia of Persian Language and LiteratureEncyclopaedia of Persian Language and LiteratureThe Encyclopaedia of Persian Language and Literature is a Persian language encyclopaedia, published in Tehran.-External links:*...
published by the Academy of Persian Language and LiteratureAcademy of Persian Language and LiteratureIran's Academy of Persian Language and Literature is a body controlled by the Iranian government presiding over the use of the Persian language in Iran and other Persian speaking countries. The academy members are academics of Persian literature and linguistics from , , , and .- History :The...
in PersianPersian languagePersian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
in TehranTehranTehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to... - The Encyclopedia of Iranian Old MusicThe Encyclopedia of Iranian Old MusicThe Encyclopedia of Iranian Old Music was published in Tehran by Mehran Poor Mandan in the year 2000....
: Published in Tehran, 2000.
London
- The London EncyclopaediaThe London EncyclopaediaThe London Encyclopaedia, first published in 1983 and revised in 1993, 1995 and 2008, is a 1101 page historical reference work on the United Kingdom's capital city, London, with some 5,000 articles supported by two indices - one general and one listing people, each of about 10,000 entries...
1007 page reference of the city of London, pub. 1983
New Zealand
- The Cyclopedia of New ZealandThe Cyclopedia of New ZealandThe Cyclopedia of New Zealand: industrial, descriptive, historical, biographical facts, figures, illustrations was an encyclopaedia published in New Zealand between 1897 and 1908 by the Cyclopedia Company Ltd of Christchurch. Six volumes were published on the people, places and organisations of...
(1897–1908) unofficial, most subjects paid to have their articles appear, online at the New Zealand Electronic Text CentreNew Zealand Electronic Text CentreThe New Zealand Electronic Text Centre is a unit of the library at the Victoria University of Wellington which provides a free online archive of New Zealand and Pacific Islands texts and heritage materials. The NZETC has an ongoing programme of digitisation and feature additions to the current...
. - An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand (1966) official.
- Te Ara Encyclopedia of New ZealandTe Ara Encyclopedia of New ZealandTe Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand is an online encyclopedia created by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage of the New Zealand Government. The project was established in 2002 and the website launched in 2005...
(2005–) official, incorporating the full text of An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand.
Poland
- Encyklopedia PolskiEncyklopedia PolskiEncyklopedia Polski is a Polish-language encyclopedia of Polish history and culture.-History:Encyklopedia Polski is a one-volume Polish-language encyclopedia of Polish history and culture...
(translation: Encyclopedia of Poland). - Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN (translation: PWN Universal Encyclopedia).
South Asian
- The Cambridge Encyclopedia of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives: A concise encyclopedia on the Indian subcontinentIndian subcontinentThe Indian subcontinent, also Indian Subcontinent, Indo-Pak Subcontinent or South Asian Subcontinent is a region of the Asian continent on the Indian tectonic plate from the Hindu Kush or Hindu Koh, Himalayas and including the Kuen Lun and Karakoram ranges, forming a land mass which extends...
. - BanglapediaBanglapediaBanglapedia, or the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh, is the first Bangladeshi encyclopedia. It is available in print, CD-ROM format and online, in both Bangla and English. The print version comprises ten 500-page volumes...
: The national encyclopedia of BangladeshBangladeshBangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
published by the Bangladesh Asiatic Society.
Art and Architecture
- Wasmuths Lexikon der Baukunst, ed. by Günther Wasmuth, Berlin: Wasmuth, 1929-1937, 5 vls.
- Grove Dictionary of ArtGrove Dictionary of ArtGrove Art Online, formerly The Dictionary of Art but usually known as The Grove Dictionary of Art, is a large encyclopedia of art, now part of the online reference publications of Oxford University Press, and previously a 34-volume printed encyclopedia when last published on paper in 1996...
in 34-volumes (1996) - Encyclopedia of 20th-century architecture, ed. by R. Stephen Sennott, New York [u.a.] : Fitzroy Dearborn, 2004, 3 vls.
- The Grove encyclopedia of Islamic art and architecture, ed. by Jonathan M. Bloom and Sheila S. Blair, Oxford [etc.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2009, 3 vls.
Entertainment
- AllgameAllgameAllgame is a commercial database of information about arcade games, video games and console manufacturers.Allgame is owned by All Media Guide, along with Allmusic and Allmovie....
: A comprehensive online guide to computer and video games created by All Media GuideAll Media GuideAll Media Guide , is the company which owns and maintains Allmusic, Allgame and Allmovie. AMG was founded in 1990 by popular-culture archivist Michael Erlewine....
. - Allmovie: A comprehensive online guide to movies created by All Media GuideAll Media GuideAll Media Guide , is the company which owns and maintains Allmusic, Allgame and Allmovie. AMG was founded in 1990 by popular-culture archivist Michael Erlewine....
. - Allmusic: A comprehensive online guide to music created by All Media GuideAll Media GuideAll Media Guide , is the company which owns and maintains Allmusic, Allgame and Allmovie. AMG was founded in 1990 by popular-culture archivist Michael Erlewine....
. - Quasimodobell: Online Encyclopedia for music artists & bands
Environmental Science
- Encyclopedia of Hydrological Science John Wiley and Sons [www.wiley.co.uk/ehs]
- Encyclopedia of EarthEncyclopedia of EarthThe Encyclopedia of Earth is an electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society. The Encyclopedia is described as a free, fully searchable collection of articles written by scholars, professionals, educators, and other approved experts, who...
(EoE) (an electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society) - Encyclopedia of Life Support SystemsEncyclopedia of Life Support SystemsThe Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems is an interdisciplinary encyclopedia, sponsored by UNESCO and free for Least Developed Countries...
(EOLSS) -- sponsored by UNESCO—an interdisciplinary encyclopedia, inspired by the sustainable development movement - EkopediaEkopediaEkopedia is a free , collaborative , and multilingual encyclopedia project dedicated in providing answers and spreading practical knowledge related to environmental sustainability...
-- a wikiWikiA wiki is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used collaboratively by multiple users. Examples include...
encyclopediaEncyclopediaAn encyclopedia is a type of reference work, a compendium holding a summary of information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge....
about environmental sustainability
Fashion and dress
- Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion, ed. by Valerie SteeleValerie SteeleValerie Fahnestock Steele is a fashion historian, curator, and director of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York...
, 3 vls., Detroit [etc.]: Thomson Gale, 2005 - Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, ed. by Joanne B. Eicher, 10 vls., Oxford [etc.] : Berg, 2010 (also online)
Fiction (or fictional)
- Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge, a fictional Chinese encyclopedia invented by Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis BorgesJorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo , known as Jorge Luis Borges , was an Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator born in Buenos Aires. In 1914 his family moved to Switzerland where he attended school, receiving his baccalauréat from the Collège de Genève in 1918. The family...
- Encyclopedia GalacticaEncyclopedia GalacticaThe Encyclopædia Galactica is a fictional or hypothetical encyclopædia of a future human galaxy-spanning civilization, containing all the knowledge accumulated by a society with quadrillions of people and thousands of years of history...
was created and referenced by Isaac AsimovIsaac AsimovIsaac Asimov was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000...
's Foundation seriesThe Foundation SeriesThe Foundation Series is a science fiction series by Isaac Asimov. There are seven volumes in the Foundation Series proper, which in its in-universe chronological order are: Prelude to Foundation, Forward the Foundation, Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation, Foundation's Edge, and...
. - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a science fiction comedy series created by Douglas Adams. Originally a radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978, it was later adapted to other formats, and over several years it gradually became an international multi-media phenomenon...
pays homage to the Encyclopedia Galactica, but is apparently better because it is slightly cheaper and has the words "Don't Panic" written on the cover. - The Rocklopedia FakebandicaThe Rocklopedia FakebandicaThe Rocklopedia Fakebandica, by T. Mike Childs, is an illustrated encyclopedia of fictional musical groups and musicians, as seen in movies and television. It was officially released November 6, 2004. The book catalogs such better-known fake bands as Spinal Tap, The Monkees, The Rutles, and The...
by T. Mike Childs, pub. 2004 - The Star Trek EncyclopediaThe Star Trek EncyclopediaThe Star Trek Encyclopedia: A Reference Guide to the Future is an encyclopedia of all the in-universe information from the Star Trek live-action television series and films. The Encyclopedia was written by Michael Okuda and Denise Okuda, with Debbie Mirek, and illustrated by Doug Drexler...
Film
- International dictionary of films and filmmakers, ed. by Tom Pendergast, 4 vls., Detroit [etc.]: St. James Press, 4th ed. 2000
- Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film, ed. by Ian Aitken, New York, New York [etc.]: Routledge, 2006
History and biography
- Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African-American ExperienceEncyclopedia AfricanaAfricana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African-American Experience edited by Henry Louis Gates andAnthony Appiah is a compendium of Africana studies including African studies and the "Pan-African diaspora" inspired by W. E. B. Du Bois' project of an "Encyclopedia Africana"...
- African American National BiographyAfrican American National Biography ProjectThe African American National Biography Project is a joint project of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research and Oxford University Press. Editors are Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham. The object of the project is to publish and maintain a...
- American National BiographyAmerican National BiographyThe American National Biography is a 24 volume biographical encyclopedia set containing approximately 17,400 entries and 20 million words, first published in 1999 by Oxford University Press under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. A 400-entry supplement appeared in 2002...
- Appleton's Cyclopedia of American BiographyAppleton's Cyclopedia of American BiographyAppletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography is a six-volume collection of biographies of famous Americans. It was published between 1887 and 1889 by D. Appleton and Company, New York. The general editors were James Grant Wilson and John Fiske; the managing editor from 1886 to 1888 was Rossiter...
: 19th century Americans - Children's Encyclopedia of American History
- An Encyclopedia of Battles: comprehensive accounting of battles and wars throughout history.
- An Encyclopedia of World History: single-volume work. First Edition, 1940. Sixth Edition, 2001.
- Encyklopedia PolskiEncyklopedia PolskiEncyklopedia Polski is a Polish-language encyclopedia of Polish history and culture.-History:Encyklopedia Polski is a one-volume Polish-language encyclopedia of Polish history and culture...
(Encyclopedia of Poland). - Harper's Encyclopedia of United States HistoryHarper's Encyclopedia of United States HistoryHarper's Encyclopædia of United States History was published by Harper & Brothers in 1901 and 1905, and again later in 1915. Notably, it contains a preface, titled The Significance of American History, written by future president Woodrow Wilson, Ph.D., LL.D., then president of Princeton University...
From 458 to 1905: Harper & Brothers - Encyclopedia of U.S. labor and working-class history, ed. by Eric Arnesen, New York, New York [etc.] : Routledge, 2007
- http://hls-dhs-dss.chHistorical Dictionary of SwitzerlandHistorical Dictionary of SwitzerlandThe Historical Dictionary of Switzerland is an encyclopedia on the history of Switzerland that aims to take into account the results of modern historical research in a manner accessible to a broader audience....
], historical encyclopedia of Switzerland in German, French and Italian, (Print edition: 2002-). - Historisches Lexikon Bayerns multimedia online encyclopedia of Bavarian history.
- The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia
- The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest: 1500 to the Present, ed. by Immanuel Ness, Malden, Massachusetts [etc.]: Wiley & Sons, 2009, ISBN 1-4051-8464-7
- Lexikon des MittelaltersLexikon des MittelaltersThe Lexikon des Mittelalters is a German encyclopedia on the history of the Middle Ages. Written by authors from all over the world, it comprises more than 36,000 articles in 9 volumes. The first six volumes were published by Artemis , Munich and Zürich; volumes seven through nine by LexMA, Munich...
(German encyclopedia of medieval history; 1980ff.) - Oxford Classical DictionaryOxford Classical Dictionary-Overview:The Oxford Classical Dictionary is considered to be the standard one-volume encyclopaedia in English of topics relating to the Ancient World and its civilizations. It was first published in 1949, edited by Max Cary with the assistance of H. J. Rose, H. P. Harvey, and A. Souter. A...
: Despite the name, a one-volume encyclopedia for antiquity. - Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft: Pauly-WissowaPauly-WissowaThe Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft, commonly called the Pauly–Wissowa or simply RE, is a German encyclopedia of classical scholarship. With its supplements it comprises over eighty volumes....
(Eds.) (1894–1980; specialising in classical antiquity). - World War II Encyclopedia (Time-Life Publications, 1976)
- Encyclopedia RizalianaEncyclopedia RizalianaThe Encyclopedia Rizaliana is one of the more recent subject-specific encyclopedias in the English language. As the name suggests, it is published mainly for those who would like to know and learn more about the Philippines' foremost patriot, Dr. Jose Protasio Rizal: his life, his works, and his...
: a one-volume encyclopedia about the life, works and influence of the Philippine patriot, Jose Protasio Rizal, published by Lulu Press in 2008 and edited by Jose Fadul
Language
- Historisches Wörterbuch der Rhetorik
- Encyclopedia of language & linguistics, ed. by Keith Brown, 14 vls., Amsterdam [etc.] : Elsevier, 2nd edition 2006
- The international encyclopedia of communication, 12 vls., Malden, Mass. [etc.] : Blackwell, 2008
Law
- Arabic Legislations EncyclopediaArabic Legislations EncyclopediaThe Arabic Legislations Encyclopedia is the largest printed encyclopedia in use. Written by Mohamed Abou Baker Ben Younis, its 200 volumes have a total of 164,000 pages and weigh 420 kg...
- American JurisprudenceAmerican JurisprudenceAmerican Jurisprudence is an encyclopedia of United States law, published by West. It was originated by Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, which was subsequently acquired by the Thomson Corporation. The series is now in its second edition, launched in 1962...
- Corpus Juris SecundumCorpus Juris SecundumCorpus Juris Secundum is an encyclopedia of U.S. law . Its full title is Corpus Juris Secundum: Complete Restatement Of The Entire American Law As Developed By All Reported Cases It contains an alphabetical arrangement of legal topics as developed by U.S...
- Halsbury's Laws of EnglandHalsbury's Laws of EnglandHalsbury's Laws of England is a uniquely comprehensive and authoritative encyclopaedia of law, and provides the only complete narrative statement of law in England and Wales. It has an alphabetised title scheme covering all areas of law, drawing on authorities including Acts of the United Kingdom,...
- Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States, 5 vls., Detroit [etc.] : Macmillan Reference USA, 2008
International and comparative law
- Encyclopedia of Public International Law
- Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International LawMax Planck Encyclopedia of Public International LawThe Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law is an online encyclopedia dealing with international law. It is published under the auspices of Professor Rüdiger Wolfrum, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law. The initiative to compile the...
- The Oxford international encyclopedia of legal history, Oxford University Press, 2009
Literature
- Benet's Reader's EncyclopediaBenet's Reader's EncyclopediaBenet's Reader's Encyclopedia is a reference work devoted to world literature. The first volume appeared in 1948, edited by Pulitzer Prize-winner William Rose Benét, older brother of the writer Stephen Vincent Benét. It was based on Ebenezer Cobham Brewer's classic Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,...
- Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia of American LiteratureBenet's Reader's Encyclopedia of American LiteratureBenet's Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature was published in 1991 by Harper Collins Publishers. The book contains facts on American authors' major and lesser works, summarizes the critical consensus, gives biographical information and often lists secondary biographical and critical works....
- The Cambridge History of English and American LiteratureThe Cambridge History of English and American LiteratureThe Cambridge History of English and American Literature was originally published by Cambridge University Press in 1907–1921. The 18 volumes include 303 chapters and more than 11,000 pages edited and written by a worldwide panel of 171 leading scholars and thinkers of the early twentieth century...
- The Encyclopedia of Science FictionThe Encyclopedia of Science FictionThe Encyclopedia of Science Fiction is an English language reference work on science fiction.- Publication history :The first edition, edited by Peter Nicholls with John Clute and Brian Stableford appeared in 1979, published by Granada. It was retitled The Science Fiction Encyclopedia in the US...
, First edition 1979, second edition (April 1993), by John CluteJohn CluteJohn Frederick Clute is a Canadian born author and critic who has lived in Britain since 1969. He has been described as "an integral part of science fiction's history."...
and Peter NichollsPeter Nicholls (writer)Peter Nicholls is an Australian literary scholar and critic. He is the creator and a co-editor of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction .... - Laffont-Bompiani. Dictionnaire universel des lettres Publié sous la direction de Pierre Clarac Inspecteur général de l'Instruction publique, Société d'édition de dictionnaires et encyclopédies Paris VII, impr. Mame (1961), pp.952
- The Literary EncyclopediaThe Literary EncyclopediaThe Literary Encyclopedia is an online reference work first published in October 2000 which, as of May 2008, offers freely available content together with full content and services for subscribing members. Articles are written by "nearly 2000 named scholars, most of whom are current university...
, online, started in 2000 - The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the SupernaturalThe Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the SupernaturalThe Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural is a reference work on horror fiction in the arts, edited by Jack Sullivan. The book was published in 1986 by Viking Press....
(1986), edited by Jack SullivanJack Sullivan (literary scholar)Jack Sullivan is an American literary scholar, essayist, author, editor, musicologist, and short story writer. He is one of the leading modern figures in the study of the horror genre, particularly the ghost story.... - The Poets' EncyclopediaThe Poets' EncyclopediaThe Poets' Encyclopedia is an English language poetical anthology, summarizes the literary, art and music worlds of New York City in the 1970s. 225 poets, artists, musicians and novelists transform the world's basic knowledge. Imagination trumps fact...
edited by Michael AndreMichael AndreMichael Andre is a Canadian, disc jockey, poet, critic and editor living in New York City.Andre was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to a civil engineer doing wartime work on a military hospital. His mother's father was a newspaperman, Eyton Warburton; he died when Andre was an infant. Andre was...
Mathematics
- Klein's encyclopediaKlein's encyclopediaIn mathematics, Klein’s encyclopedia refers to a German mathematical encyclopedia published in six volumes from 1898 to 1933. Felix Klein and Wilhelm Meyer were organizers of the encyclopedia. Its title in English is "Encyclopedia of mathematical sciences including their applications", which is...
(1898–1935) - Encyclopedic Dictionary of MathematicsEncyclopedic Dictionary of MathematicsThe Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics is a translation of the Japanese Iwanami sugaku jiten....
(EDM2), Second edition 1993, The Mathematical Society of Japan. The preferred reference of professionals. - MathworldMathWorldMathWorld is an online mathematics reference work, created and largely written by Eric W. Weisstein. It is sponsored by and licensed to Wolfram Research, Inc. and was partially funded by the National Science Foundation's National Science Digital Library grant to the University of Illinois at...
online encyclopedia by Eric Weisstein - CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics, Second edition 2002, based on MathworldMathWorldMathWorld is an online mathematics reference work, created and largely written by Eric W. Weisstein. It is sponsored by and licensed to Wolfram Research, Inc. and was partially funded by the National Science Foundation's National Science Digital Library grant to the University of Illinois at...
- planetmathPlanetMathPlanetMath is a free, collaborative, online mathematics encyclopedia. The emphasis is on rigour, openness, pedagogy, real-time content, interlinked content, and also community of about 24,000 people with various maths interests. Intended to be comprehensive, the project is hosted by the Digital...
- On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer SequencesOn-Line Encyclopedia of Integer SequencesThe On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences , also cited simply as Sloane's, is an online database of integer sequences, created and maintained by N. J. A. Sloane, a researcher at AT&T Labs...
(OEIS) - Encyclopaedia of MathematicsEncyclopaedia of MathematicsThe Encyclopaedia of Mathematics is a large reference work in mathematics. It is available in book form and on CD-ROM....
Springer Verlag 2002 - Encyclopedia of Cryptography and SecurityEncyclopedia of Cryptography and SecurityThe Encyclopedia of Cryptography and Security is a comprehensive work on Cryptography for both information security professionals and experts in the fields of Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Engineering, Information Theory, Data Encryption, etc . It consists of 460 articles in alphabetical...
Springer-Verlag 2005
Medicine
- Medicalopaedia encyclopaedia of medicineMedicineMedicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
by Burhan Ahmed - Kitab al-TasrifAl-TasrifThe Kitab al-Tasrif was an Arabic encyclopedia on medicine and surgery, written near the year 1000 by Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi...
(The Method of Medicine), by Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis) - American Medical Association Complete Medical Encyclopedia
- Ayurvedic Encyclopedia,
- The Canon of MedicineThe Canon of MedicineThe Canon of Medicine is an encyclopedia of Galenic medicine in five books compiled by Ibn Sīnā and completed in 1025. It presents a clear and organized summary of all the medical knowledge of the time...
, by AvicennaAvicennaAbū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sīnā , commonly known as Ibn Sīnā or by his Latinized name Avicenna, was a Persian polymath, who wrote almost 450 treatises on a wide range of subjects, of which around 240 have survived... - Cerrahiyyetu'l-Haniyye (Imperial Surgery), by Şerafeddin SabuncuoğluSerafeddin SabuncuogluSabuncuoğlu Şerafeddin was a medieval Ottoman surgeon and physician.Sabuncuoğlu was the author of the Cerrahiyyetu'l-Haniyye , the first illustrated surgical atlas, and the Mücerrebname .The Cerrahiyyetu'l-Haniyye was the first surgical atlas and the last...
- The Comprehensive Book on Medicine, by Ibn al-Nafis
- Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine
- Encyclopedia of Public HealthEncyclopedia of Public HealthThe Encyclopedia of Public Health is a reference set of four volumes covering all aspects of public health for the lay reader. It covers infectious diseases and other topics related to public health, such as causes of injury or chronic diseases...
- Firdous al-Hikmah (Paradise of Wisdom), by Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-TabariAli ibn Sahl Rabban al-TabariAbu al-Hasan Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari also given as 810-855 and 783-858 was a Persian Muslim hakim, Islamic scholar, physician and psychologist of Zoroastrian descent, who produced one of the first encyclopedia of medicine. He was a pioneer of pediatrics and the field of child development...
- Medical Compendium in Seven BooksMedical Compendium in Seven BooksThe Medical Compendium in Seven Books or Epitomes iatrikes biblio hepta was a medical treatise of seven books written by Paul of Aegina in the 7th century CE.-Summary:...
by Paul of AeginaPaul of AeginaPaul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta was a 7th-century Byzantine Greek physician best known for writing the medical encyclopedia Medical Compendium in Seven Books...
in the 7th century CE; it was the most complete medical encyclopedia in its day - Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
Music
- Enciclopedia della musica, 2001–2005, edited by Jean-Jacques Nattiez, in 5 volumes. Collection of in-depth essays rather than brief, dictionary-like entries.
- The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
- Musik in Geschichte und GegenwartMusik in Geschichte und GegenwartDie Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart is the largest and most comprehensive German music encyclopedia, and among Western music reference sources, only the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is comparable to it in size and scope...
- Komponisten der Gegenwart
- Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, ed. by David Shepard, London [etc.] 2003-
Philosophy
- The Book of HealingThe Book of HealingThe Book of Healing is a scientific and philosophical encyclopedia written by Abū Alī ibn Sīnā from Asfahana, near Bukhara in Greater Persia. Despite its English title, it is not in fact concerned with medicine...
, by AvicennaAvicennaAbū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sīnā , commonly known as Ibn Sīnā or by his Latinized name Avicenna, was a Persian polymath, who wrote almost 450 treatises on a wide range of subjects, of which around 240 have survived...
. - Encyclopedia of PhilosophyEncyclopedia of PhilosophyThe Encyclopedia of Philosophy is one of the two major English encyclopedias of philosophy ....
, edited by Paul Edwards. - Encyclopédie philosophique universelle, published by Presses Universitaires de France.
- Routledge Encyclopedia of PhilosophyRoutledge Encyclopedia of PhilosophyThe Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy is an encyclopedia of philosophy edited by Edward Craig that was first published by Routledge in 1998 . Originally published in both 10 volumes of print and as a CD-ROM, in 2002 it was made available online on a subscription basis...
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (ongoing since 1995)
Photography
- Hans-Michael Koetzle: Das Lexikon der Fotografen: 1900 bis heute, Munich: Knaur 2002, 512 p., ISBN 3-426-66479-8
- John Hannavy (ed.): Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography, 1736 p., New York: Routledge 2005 ISBN 978-0415972352
- Lynne Warren (ed.): Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography, 1719 p., New York, NY [etc] : Routledge, 2006
Psychoanalysis
- International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis, ed. by Alain de Mijolla, 3 vls, Detroit [etc.]: Thomson/Gale, 2005 (MacMillan Reference Books)
- The Edinburgh international encyclopaedia of psychoanalysis, ed. by Ross M. Skelton, Edinburgh: Edinburgh Univ. Press, 2006
Science
- The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Space, 1990 ISBN 0-521-36426-4
- Encyclopedia AstronauticaEncyclopedia AstronauticaThe Encyclopedia Astronautica is a reference web site on space travel. A comprehensive catalog of vehicles, technology, astronauts, and flights, it includes information from most countries that have had an active rocket research program, from Robert Goddard to the NASA Space shuttle to the Soviet...
: a reference website maintained by space-travelHuman spaceflightHuman spaceflight is spaceflight with humans on the spacecraft. When a spacecraft is manned, it can be piloted directly, as opposed to machine or robotic space probes and remotely-controlled satellites....
enthusiast Mark Wade - Encyclopedia of Analytical ChemistryEncyclopedia of Analytical ChemistryThe Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry is an English-language multivolume encyclopedia published by John Wiley & Sons.It is a comprehensive analytical chemistry reference, covering all aspects from theory and instrumentation through applications and techniques. Containing over 600 articles and...
. Wiley, 2000, 15 volumes. - Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry. Elsevier, 2004.
- Encyclopedia of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry. KnovelKnovelKnovel is a private company headquartered in New York City. Knovel customers include more than 700 customers worldwide including 74 Fortune 500 companies and more than 400 leading universities....
, 2001, 3 volumes. - Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing. Dekker, 1976, 5 volumes.
- Encyclopedia of Computational Chemistry. Wiley, 1997, 5 volumes.
- Encyclopedia of GeneticsEncyclopedia of GeneticsThe Encyclopedia of Genetics is a print encyclopedia of genetics. It has four volumes and 1,700 entries. It is not available online....
- Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry. Wiley, 2005 (2nd ed), 10 volumes.
- Encyclopedia of Life SciencesEncyclopedia of Life SciencesThe Encyclopedia of Life Sciences is an encyclopedia that spans the entire spectrum of life sciences and is published by Wiley-Blackwell....
(ELS) -- owned by John Wiley & SonsJohn Wiley & SonsJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc., also referred to as Wiley, is a global publishing company that specializes in academic publishing and markets its products to professionals and consumers, students and instructors in higher education, and researchers and practitioners in scientific, technical, medical, and...
-- having both a 20-volume print edition and an online edition - Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry. Dekker.
- Grolier Popular Science
- The Illustrated Science and Invention EncyclopediaThe Illustrated Science and Invention EncyclopediaThe Illustrated Science and Invention Encyclopedia was originally published in parts in the United Kingdom under the title How It Works, by Marshall Cavendish Limited, and republished in the United States in 1974, by H.S. Stuttman Publishers in Westport, Connecticut, in 21 v....
- Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. Wiley, 26 volumes.
- McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and TechnologyMcGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and TechnologyThe McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology isan English-language multivolume encyclopedia, specifically focused on scientific and technical subjects, and published by McGraw-Hill. The most recent edition in print is the tenth edition, copyright 2007 , comprising twenty volumes...
: also comes in a one-volume edition. - Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Wiley, 40 volumes.
- The New Encyclopedia of SnakesThe New Encyclopedia of SnakesThe New Encyclopedia of Snakes is an encyclopedia by Chris Mattison.-Book summary:The encyclopedia has information about snakes that is listed from A-Z...
- Small Mining EncyclopediaSmall Mining EncyclopediaThe Small Mining Encyclopedia is a three-volume encyclopedia in the field of mining science and engineering. It describes about 18,000 terminology and nomenclature units which cover various aspects of exploration, extraction and primary processing of solid, liquid and gaseous minerals...
General
- Encyclopedia of religion, 15 vls., ed. by Lindsay Jones, Detroit [etc.]: Macmillan Reference USA, 2nd edition 2005
Buddhism
- Encyclopedia of Buddhism, ed.by Damien Keown and Charles S. Prebish, London [etc.]: Routledge 2009, ISBN 0-415-55624-4
Christianity
- The Catholic EncyclopediaCatholic EncyclopediaThe Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia and the Original Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language encyclopedia published in the United States. The first volume appeared in March 1907 and the last three volumes appeared in 1912, followed by a master index...
. 1907–1912 (15 vls.) - New Catholic encyclopediaCatholic EncyclopediaThe Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia and the Original Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language encyclopedia published in the United States. The first volume appeared in March 1907 and the last three volumes appeared in 1912, followed by a master index...
. 1967–1996 (15 vls. and 4 supplementary vls.). 2. ed. 2003 (15 vls.) - Encyclopédie des sciences ecclésiastiques
- Die Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart. 1. ed. 1909–1913 (5 vls.), 4th ed. 1998–2005
- Evangelisches Kirchenlexikon: internationale theologische Enzyklopädie. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Rupprecht, 1956–1961 (3 vls.). – 2nd ed. 1961–1962. – 3rd ed. 1986–1997 (5 vls.)
- Lexikon für Theologie und KircheLexikon für Theologie und KircheLexikon für Theologie und Kirche is a German-language Catholic theological encyclopedia...
. 1930–1938 (10 vls.) - Theologische RealenzyklopädieTheologische RealenzyklopädieThe Theologische Realenzyklopädie is a German encyclopedia of theology and religious studies. It contains some 2000 articles in 36 volumes...
(TRE) Hrsg. Gerhard Müller. 38 vls.. Berlin 1977–2007. - Encyclopædia Biblica
- Encyclopedia of MormonismEncyclopedia of MormonismThe Encyclopedia of Mormonism is a semi-official encyclopedia for topics relevant to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
Islam
- Encyclopaedia of IslamEncyclopaedia of IslamThe Encyclopaedia of Islam is an encyclopaedia of the academic discipline of Islamic studies. It embraces articles on distinguished Muslims of every age and land, on tribes and dynasties, on the crafts and sciences, on political and religious institutions, on the geography, ethnography, flora and...
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, ed. by John L. Esposito, Oxford UP, New edition 2009
- The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture, ed. by Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair, Oxford UP 2009
- Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures, ed. by Suad Joseph, Brill Academic Publishers, 2007
Judaism
- Encyclopaedia JudaicaEncyclopaedia JudaicaThe Encyclopaedia Judaica is a 26-volume English-language encyclopedia of the Jewish people and their faith, Judaism. It covers diverse areas of the Jewish world and civilization, including Jewish history of all eras, culture, holidays, language, scripture, and religious teachings...
: published 1972-1991, second edition 2006- - Jewish EncyclopediaJewish EncyclopediaThe Jewish Encyclopedia is an encyclopedia originally published in New York between 1901 and 1906 by Funk and Wagnalls. It contained over 15,000 articles in 12 volumes on the history and then-current state of Judaism and the Jews as of 1901...
: published 1901-1906. Original full 12 volumes. - Talmudic Encyclopedia (cf. Talk:List of encyclopedias).
- Jewish Virtual LibraryJewish Virtual LibraryJewish Virtual Library is an online encyclopedia published by the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise . Established in 1993, it is a comprehensive website covering Israel, the Jewish people, and Jewish culture.-History:...
- http://www.eleven.co.il/on the Web Shorter Jewish Encyclopedia in RussianShorter Jewish EncyclopediaThe Shorter Jewish Encyclopedia was published in 11 volumes in Jerusalem from 1976 to 2005 in Russian by the Society for Research on Jewish Communities with the support of Hebrew University in Jerusalem...
: 11 volumes, published 1976-2005 in Jerusalem and]. - online The Jewish encyclopedia: a descriptive record of the history, religion, literature, and customs of the Jewish people from the earliest times to the present day, hrg. von Cyrus Adler und Isidore Singer, 12 Bände, New York; London: Funk and Wagnalis, 1901–1906, auch
- The universal Jewish encyclopedia: an authoritative and popular presentation of Jews and Judaism since the earliest times, ed. by Isaac Landman, 10 vls., New York, New York: Univ. Jewish Encyclopedia Co., 1948
- Jüdisches Lexikon. Ein enzyklopädisches Handbuch des jüdischen Wissens, Begründet von Georg Herlitz und Bruno Kirschner, 5 vls., Frankfurt am Main: Jüdischer Verlag, 1992
- Encyclopedia of modern Jewish culture, ed. by Glenda Abramson, London [etc.]: Routledge, 2005
- The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern EuropeThe YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern EuropeThe YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe is a two-volume, English-language reference work on the history and culture of Eastern Europe Jewry in this region, prepared by the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and published by Yale University Press in 2008.The Encyclopedia, 2,400 pages in...
, Yale UP, 2008
Social sciences
- International Encyclopedia of the Social SciencesInternational Encyclopedia of the Social SciencesThe International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences was first published in 1968. Edited by David L. Sills and Robert K. Merton.-See also:*List of encyclopedias by branch of knowledge*International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences...
, ed. by David L. Sills, New York, New York [etc.]: Macmillan, 1968
- International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral SciencesInternational Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral SciencesThe International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences , edited by Neil J. Smelser andPaul B. Baltes, is a 26-volume work. It has some 4,000 signed articles, commissioned by around 50 subject editors, and includes biographical entries, 122,400 entries, and an extensivehierarchical...
, ed. by Neil Smelser and Paul BaltesPaul BaltesPaul B. Baltes was a German psychologist whose broad scientific agenda was devoted to establishing and promoting the life-span orientation of human development. He was also a theorist in the field of the psychology of aging...
, 26 vls., Elsevier, 2001
- International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, ed. by William A. Darity, Detroit [etc.]: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008
Sports
- The Baseball Encyclopedia: The Complete and Definitive Record of Major League Baseball, 10th Edition, 1996 ISBN 0-02-861435-6
- Total Baseball, The Ultimate Baseball EncyclopediaTotal BaseballTotal Baseball is a baseball encyclopedia first compiled by John Thorn and Pete Palmer in 1989. The latest edition, published in 2004, is its eighth...
, 2004, by John Thorn et al. - Total Tennis, The Ultimate Tennis Encyclopedia, 2003, by Bud Collins
- The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding
- The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball 2004, 2004, by David Neft et al.
- L'Encyclopédie des sports. Plus de 3000 sports et jeux du monde entier, 2005, Grund
- World Sports EncyclopediaWorld Sports EncyclopediaThe World Sports Encyclopedia is a reference book of articles covering sports and sporting games throughout the world.-Origins:The book was spearheaded by Polish professor Wojciech Liponski with a team of co-authors, editors, and contributors worldwide...
, 2003, Atena/MBI
Theatre, Dance and Performance
- Manfred Brauneck: Die Welt als Bühne: Geschichte des europäischen Theaters, Stuttgart [etc.] : Metzler, 1993-2007,
- International encyclopedia of dance, ed. by Selma Jeanne CohenSelma Jeanne CohenSelma Jeanne Cohen was a dance historian, editor, and teacher who devoted her career to advocating dance as an art worthy of the same scholarly respect traditionally awarded to painting, music, and literature...
, New York: Oxford University Press, 1998, 6 vls., ISBN 0-19-509462-X - The world encyclopedia of contemporary theatre, ed. by Don Rubin, London [etc.] : Routledge, 1994 - 2000, 6 vls.
- The Oxford encyclopedia of theatre & performance, ed. by Dennis Kennedy, Oxford [etc.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2003, 2 vls.
- Encyclopedia of Latin American theater, ed. by Eladio Cortés. - Westport, Conn. [etc.] : Greenwood Press, 2003
- Metzler Lexikon Theatertheorie, ed. by Erika Fischer-Lichte, Doris Kolesch and Matthias Warstat, Stuttgart 2005
- Encyclopedia of Asian theatre, ed. by Samuel L. Leiter, Westport, Conn. [u.a.] : Greenwood Press, 2007, 2 vls.
Other
- Above and Beyond: The Encyclopedia of Aviation and Space SciencesAbove and Beyond: The Encyclopedia of Aviation and Space SciencesAbove and Beyond: The Encyclopedia of Aviation and Space Sciences was the first-ever attempt at creating an encyclopedia of all matters related to the history, technology and aims of the aerospace industry as it existed in the late 1960s. Published in 1967 by New Horizons Publishers, Inc., of...
- The American Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants: a comprehensive illustrated work on garden plants.
- American Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers
- Animal Rights Encyclopedia
- Christie's World Encyclopedia of Champagne & Sparkling Wine
- The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft: 1997, one large volume
- http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/Databases/Encyclopedia/Encyclopedia BrunonianaEncyclopedia BrunonianaEncyclopedia Brunoniana is an American reference work by Martha Mitchell covering Brown University. Published in 1993 by the Brown University Library, the encyclopedia has 629 pages. A digital version can be read free of charge on the Internet....
]: An encyclopedia covering Brown UniversityBrown UniversityBrown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,... - Encyclopedia of Personal Finance; Comprehensive information about investing and personal finance
- The Element Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells: The Ultimate Reference Book for the Magical Arts
- Encyclopedia of Counseling
- Encyclopedia of Marxism: an online encyclopedia released under the GNU Free Documentation LicenseGNU Free Documentation LicenseThe GNU Free Documentation License is a copyleft license for free documentation, designed by the Free Software Foundation for the GNU Project. It is similar to the GNU General Public License, giving readers the rights to copy, redistribute, and modify a work and requires all copies and...
, part of the Marxist Internet Archive. - Encyclopedia of Nutritional Supplements
- An Encyclopaedia of Occultism: 1920 work on occultism
- http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.orgEncyclopedia TitanicaEncyclopedia TitanicaEncyclopedia Titanica is an online reference work containing extensive and constantly-updated information on the . The website, a nonprofit endeavor, is a database of passenger and crew biographies, deck plans, and articles submitted by historians or Titanic enthusiasts...
]; Exhaustive information about the sinking of RMS Titanic - http://www.uia.org/encyclopedia/volall.phpthree book volumes Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialEncyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialThe Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is published by the Union of International Associations under the direction of Anthony Judge. It is available as a three-volume book, as a CD-ROM, and online....
published since 1972 by the Union of International AssociationsUnion of International AssociationsThe Union of International Associations is a non-profit non-governmental organization researching, under UN mandate, the global civil society and publishing information on international organizations, international meetings, world problems, etc. Headquarters are in Brussels, Belgium...
(UIA). Previously published in] and on CD-ROM; now published and developed online here. - watch-wiki an online encyclopedia released under the GNU Free Documentation LicenseGNU Free Documentation LicenseThe GNU Free Documentation License is a copyleft license for free documentation, designed by the Free Software Foundation for the GNU Project. It is similar to the GNU General Public License, giving readers the rights to copy, redistribute, and modify a work and requires all copies and...
- The Grocer's EncyclopediaThe Grocer's EncyclopediaThe Grocer's Encyclopedia is a book about the growing, preparation, and marketing of foods written by Artemas Ward.Also known as The Encyclopedia of Food and Beverages, the title page of the work is very descriptive:...
- Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft
- Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology
- Larousse GastronomiqueLarousse GastronomiqueLarousse Gastronomique is an encyclopedia of gastronomy. The majority of the book is about French cuisine, and contains recipes for French dishes and cooking techniques...
, encyclopedia of food and cooking. - A Military EncyclopediaA Military EncyclopediaA Military Encyclopedia or Farrow's Military Encyclopedia is anAmerican encyclopedia published in New York in 1885. The contents of A Military Encyclopedia are now in the public domain....
- MusicBrainzMusicBrainzMusicBrainz is a project that aims to create an open content music database. Similar to the freedb project, it was founded in response to the restrictions placed on the CDDB...
: a project to create a free music encyclopedia, released under the Open Content LicenseOpen Content LicenseThe Open Content License is a copyleft license designed for distribution of open content material. This license is not compatible with the any other license in that it requires derivative works to be licensed under the Open Content License....
. The first goal is to create a databaseDatabaseA database is an organized collection of data for one or more purposes, usually in digital form. The data are typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality , in a way that supports processes requiring this information...
similar to CDDBCDDBCDDB, short for Compact Disc Database, is a database for software applications to look up audio CD information over the Internet. This is performed by a client which calculates a unique disc ID and then queries the database. As a result, the client is able to display the artist name, CD title,...
. - Nazarian`s Gun`s Recognition Guide
- The Oxford Companion to WineThe Oxford Companion to WineThe Oxford Companion to Wine is a book in the series of Oxford Companions published by Oxford University Press. The book provides an alphabetically arranged reference to wine, compiled and edited by Jancis Robinson, with contributions by several wine writers including Hugh Johnson, Michael...
- Perelman's Pocket Cyclopedia of CigarsPerelman's Pocket Cyclopedia of CigarsThe Perelman's Pocket Cyclopedia of Cigars is an annually published and updated reference of cigar brands available in the U.S., , including specifications and information regarding each cigar, as well as basic cigar knowledge in general, such as wrapper colours and shapes and sizes...
An encyclopedia and history of (Non-Cuban) cigars and their manufacturers (also Perelman's Pocket Cyclopaedia of Havana CigarsPerelman's Pocket Cyclopedia of CigarsThe Perelman's Pocket Cyclopedia of Cigars is an annually published and updated reference of cigar brands available in the U.S., , including specifications and information regarding each cigar, as well as basic cigar knowledge in general, such as wrapper colours and shapes and sizes...
) - The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia
- The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets
- De Encyclopedie (The Encyclopedia), parody encyclopedia by Dutch author BattusHugo Brandt CorstiusHugo Brandt Corstius is a Dutch author known for his achievements in both literature and science....
- Watch Wiki, encyclopedia about mechanical watches
- Encyclopedia of Associations: a printed directory of associations and nonprofit groups published by Thomson GaleThomson GaleGale is an educational publishing company based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, the United States, in the western suburbs of Detroit. It was part of the Thomson Learning division of the Thomson Corporation, a Canadian company, but became part of Cengage Learning in 2007.The company, formerly known...
. Also available online as Associations Unlimited.
See also
- List of encyclopedias
- List of encyclopedias by language (English)
- List of historical encyclopedias
- List of online encyclopedias