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List of encyclopedias
This is a list of
encyclopedias
, including projects to create new works.
General
The Americana
: published by
Scientific American
in the early
1900s
.
Columbia Encyclopedia
: a one-volume encyclopedia from
Columbia University Press[?]
.
Enciclopedia Libre
: a project to create a
Spanish
encyclopedia using
wiki
software. Released under the the
GNU Free Documentation License
.
Encyclopędia Britannica
: one of the best-known encyclopedias in the
English language
. See also the
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
.
EncycloZine
: an online encyclopedia of books and knowledge.
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
: an electronic encyclopedia published by
Grolier[?]
.
Informationsphere.com
: originally founded as an online
German language
encyclopedia, now in English. Managed by Jan Keller and based in
Germany
.
Microsoft Encarta
: published by
Microsoft
. It is only available in electronic form.
Nupedia
: a
peer reviewed
,
open content
encyclopedia project, currently inactive.
netcyclo
: John Anderson's Internet encyclopedia project.
Open Site
: an effort inspired by, but not officially affliated with, the
Open Directory Project
.
The
Oracle Encyclopędia
: a five volume encyclopedia published in
1895
.
Pears Cyclopaedia
: a one volume encylopaedia published annually in the United Kingdom.
Probert Encyclopaedia
: an online topical encyclopedia consisting of almost 100,000 short entries, published by Mathew Probert and based in the
United Kingdom
.
Wikipedia
: a project to create a comprehensive encyclopedia using
wiki
software, licensed under the
GNU Free Documentation License
.
World Book
: designed for family use, World Book claims to be the world's best selling print encyclopedia.
Specialized
Catholic Encyclopedia[?]
(cf.
Talk:List of encyclopedias
).
The American Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants[?]
: a comprehensive illustrated work on
garden
plants.
Encyclopedia Astronautica
: an reference website maintained by
space travel
enthusiast Mark Wade.
An Encyclopedia of Battles[?]
: comprehensive accounting of
battles
and
wars
throughout history.
Encyclopedia Judaica[?]
: published 1972-1991.
Encyclopedia of Marxism
: an online encyclopedia released under the
GNU Free Documentation License
, part of the
Marxist Internet Archive[?]
.
Human Knowledge: Foundations and Limits
: a
memeware
reference
hypertext
with a
materialist
and
futurist
perspective.
Jewish Encyclopedia
: published 1901-1906. Original full 12 volumes.
Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology[?]
Larousse Gastronomique
Encylopedia of food and cooking.
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology[?]
: also comes in a one-volume edition.
MusicBrainz
: a project to create a free music encyclopedia, released under the
Open Content License
. The first goal is to create a
database
similiar to
CDDB
.
Oxford Classical Dictionary
: Despite the name, a one-volume encyclopedia for antiquity.
Pauly-Wissowa
(Eds.):
Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft
(1894-1980; specialized on antiquity).
Talmudic Encyclopedia[?]
(cf.
Talk:List of encyclopedias
).
See also:
List of digital library projects
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