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List of encyclopedias by branch of knowledge

This is a list of notable encyclopedias sorted by branch of knowledge. For the purposes of this list, an encyclopedia is defined as a "compendium that contains information on either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge." For other sorting criteria, see List of encyclopedias.

General knowledgeEdit

ArabicEdit

• The Book of Healing - a thirty volume Arabic-language encyclopedia published by Avicenna in 1027

ChineseEdit

• Encyclopedia of China
• Gujin tushu jicheng - Chinese language encyclopedia completed in 1725 (10 million Chinese characters)

CzechEdit

• Otto's encyclopedia - the largest Czech-language encyclopedia published between 1888–1908 and 1930–1943

DanishEdit

• Den Store Danske Encyklopædi

EnglishEdit

• Academic American Encyclopedia - 21-volume work published in 1980, also issued by Grolier under the names Barnes & Noble New American Encyclopedia, Global International Encyclopedia, Grolier Academic Encyclopedia, Grolier International Encyclopedia, Lexicon Universal Encyclopedia, and Macmillan Family Encyclopedia
• Chambers's Encyclopaedia - published in 1859 by W. Chambers and R. Chambers
• The Children's Encyclopedia - by Arthur Mee, published 1908-1964 in the UK and in the US starting in 1910 as Grolier's The Book of Knowledge
• Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia - published by Dorling Kindersley
• Collier's Encyclopedia
• Columbia Encyclopedia - a one-volume encyclopedia from Columbia University Press last published in 2000.
• Compton's Encyclopedia - 26-volume encyclopedia
• Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia
• Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences - 1728 publication by Ephraim Chambers
• Dobson's Encyclopædia - first encyclopedia printed in the United States, but mostly a reprint of the Encyclopædia Britannica Third Edition
• Edinburgh Encyclopædia - 18-volumes printed and published by William Blackwood and edited by David Brewster between 1808 and 1830
• Microsoft Encarta - discontinued computer-based encyclopedia published by Microsoft, now discontinued
• Encyclopedia Americana - both a print work and currently a part of Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.
• Encyclopædia Britannica - one of the best-known encyclopedias in English, online only since 2010
• Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite - DVD version of Encyclopaedia Britannica
• Encyclopædia Metropolitana - 39 volumes in 59 parts published between 1817 and 1845
• English Cyclopaedia - 23 volumes, published 1854–1862
• English Encyclopaedia - 10 volumes, published in 1802
• Everybody's Enquire Within - a illustrated book of miscellaneous knowledge issued in weekly instalments from 1937 to 1938.
• Everyman's Encyclopaedia - published by Joseph Dent from 1913 as part of the Everyman's Library
• Everything2
• Funk & Wagnalls Standard Encyclopedia - first published in 1912, changed its name to Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Encyclopedia in 1931
• Groliers Encyclopedia
• Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia - an electronic encyclopedia published by Grolier.
• Harmsworth's Universal Encyclopaedia - edited by John Alexander Hammerton and published 1921-1922
• Hutchinson Encyclopedia - single volume work first published in 1948
• New American Cyclopedia - 16 volumes published between 1857 and 1866
• Nupedia - a peer reviewed, open content Internet encyclopedia project, currently inactive.
• Open Site - an effort inspired by, but not officially affiliated with, the Open Directory Project.
• Oracle Encyclopædia - a five volume encyclopedia published in 1895
• An Outline of Modern Knowledge - published in 1931 by Victor Gollancz
• Pears Cyclopaedia - a one-volume encyclopaedia 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.
• World Book Encyclopedia - designed for family use, World Book is the world's best selling print encyclopedia

GermanEdit

• Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste - very large 19th-century encyclopaedia by Ersch and Gruber
• Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
• Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon - huge 18th-century encyclopedia by Johann Heinrich Zedler
• Meyers Konversations-Lexikon

ItalianEdit

• Treccani - also known as Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti

LatinEdit

• Lexicon Universale - published in 1698

PersianEdit

• The Persian Encyclopedia - a three volume encyclopedia edited by Gholamhossein Mosahab, partially based on the early editions of the Columbia Encyclopedia

PolishEdit

• Wielka Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN, 13 volumes, 1962–1970, the largest encyclopedia to date in Polish
• Wielka Encyklopedia PWN, 2001–2005, the successor to the WEP PWN; larger and more objective, it is currently being finished

RussianEdit

• Brockhaus and Efron - imperial encyclopedia in 86 volumes
• Great Soviet Encyclopedia (Большая Советская Энциклопедия) - The second largest and most comprehensive encyclopedia in Russian; here were 3 editions, 3rd edition of 1969-1978 contains 30 volumes

SlovenianEdit

• Enciklopedija Slovenije

SpanishEdit

• Enciclopedia Libre Universal (also known as Enciclopedia Libre) - project to create a Spanish encyclopedia using wiki software, released under the GFDL
• Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana - the biggest encyclopedia of its time. Also known as Enciclopedia Espasa o Enciclopedia Espasa-Calpe

SwedishEdit

• Nationalencyklopedin - encyclopedia in Swedish
• Susning.nu - project to create a Swedish-language encyclopedia using wiki software. Anyone-can-edit encyclopedia until 2004, shut down in 2009.

TurkishEdit

• Anabritannica - published in Turkey and based on the Britannica Micropædia
• Ekşi Sözlük - a collaborative hypertext Turkish dictionary and encyclopedia site that shares a similar concept with Everything2 or H2G2.

Multiple languagesEdit

• Wikipedia - the world's largest free encyclopedia — a project to create a comprehensive encyclopedia using wiki software

Specialized encyclopediasEdit

National, regional, ethnic or culturalEdit

AustraliaEdit

• Australian Encyclopaedia (1925, 1958, 1977, 1983, 1988, 1996)

AustriaEdit

• aeiou Encyclopedia (1996ff.) Austrian

BangladeshEdit

• Banglapedia in 10 Volumes published in 2003 bilingual of English and Bengali.

CanadaEdit

• The Canadian Encyclopedia - (1985 and 1988)

CroatiaEdit

• Hrvatska opća enciklopedija (started in 1999- 7th vol. 2005 of 11)

EthiopiaEdit

• Encyclopaedia Aethiopica - basic reference work for Ethiopian and Eritrean studies

IranEdit

• Encyclopaedia Islamica
• Encyclopaedia of Shia
• Encyclopaedia of Imam Ali
• Encyclopædia Iranica - on Iranian peoples and Iran (Persia)
• Encyclopaedia of Persian Language and Literature published by the Academy of Persian Language and Literature in Persian in Tehran
• The Encyclopedia of Iranian Old Music - Published in Tehran, 2000.

ItalyEdit

• Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (Biographical dictionary of Italians) - Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

MalaysiaEdit

• The Encyclopedia of Malaysia, published from 1998 to 2007

New ZealandEdit

• The Cyclopedia of New Zealand (1897–1908) unofficial, most subjects paid to have their articles appear, online at the New Zealand Electronic Text Centre.
• An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand (1966) official.
• Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand (2005–) official, incorporating the full text of An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand.

PolandEdit

• Encyklopedia Polski (translation: Encyclopedia of Poland).
• Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN (translation: PWN Universal Encyclopedia).

SloveniaEdit

• Enciklopedija Slovenije, published in 1987-2002

SwedenEdit

• Nordisk familjebok - encyclopedia in Swedish

United KingdomEdit

• The London Encyclopaedia 1007 page reference of the city of London, pub. 1983

United States of AmericaEdit

• Encyclopedia of Chicago
• Encyclopedia of New Jersey
• The Encyclopedia of New York City
• Handbook of Texas

YugoslaviaEdit

• Enciklopedija Jugoslavije
• Opća enciklopedija JLZ - (1977–1982)

SubjectEdit

Art and ArchitectureEdit

• Grove Dictionary of Art in 34-volumes (1996)

EntertainmentEdit

• Allgame - A comprehensive online guide to computer and video games created by All Media Guide.
• Allmovie - A comprehensive online guide to movies created by All Media Guide.
• Allmusic - A comprehensive online guide to music created by All Media Guide.

Environmental ScienceEdit

• Encyclopedia of Earth (EoE) (an electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society)
• Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS) -- sponsored by UNESCO—an interdisciplinary encyclopedia, inspired by the sustainable development movement
• Ekopedia -- a wiki encyclopedia about environmental sustainability

Fashion and dressEdit

• Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion - edited by Joanne B. Eicher, 10 volumes

FictionEdit

Not to be confused with List of fictional books.

• The Rocklopedia Fakebandica - by T. Mike Childs, published in 2004
• The Star Trek Encyclopedia

History and biographyEdit

• Africana - The Encyclopedia of the African and African-American Experience
• African American National Biography
• American National Biography
• Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography - 19th-century American encyclopedia
• An Encyclopedia of World History - single-volume work. First Edition, 1940. Sixth Edition, 2001.
• Encyklopedia Polski
• Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History
• Lexikon des Mittelalters - German encyclopedia of medieval history, published in 1980
• Oxford Classical Dictionary - Despite the name, a one-volume encyclopedia for antiquity.
• Encyclopedia Rizaliana - 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

LawEdit

• Arabic Legislations Encyclopedia
• American Jurisprudence
• Corpus Juris Secundum
• Halsbury's Laws of Australia
• Halsbury's Laws of England
• Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia

International and comparative lawEdit

• Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law

LiteratureEdit

• Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia
• Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature
• The Cambridge History of English and American Literature
• Soviet Concise Literary Encyclopedia - Soviet-era encyclopedia of literature, 9 volumes published between 1962 and 1978
• The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction - first published in 1979 by John Clute and Peter Nicholls
• Literary Encyclopedia (Литературная энциклопедия) - 11 volumes, 1929-1939 (incomplete - 12th volume draft later published)
• The Literary Encyclopedia - online encyclopedia started in 2000
• The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural - published in 1986, edited by Jack Sullivan
• The Poets' Encyclopedia - edited by Michael Andre

MathematicsEdit

• Klein's encyclopedia - published 1898–1935
• Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics (EDM2) - Second edition published in 1993 by The Mathematical Society of Japan
• Mathworld - online encyclopedia by Eric Weisstein
• CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics - Second edition 2002, based on Mathworld
• planetmath
• On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS)
• Encyclopaedia of Mathematics - published by Springer Verlag in 2002
• Encyclopedia of Cryptography and Security - published by Springer-Verlag in 2005

MedicineEdit

For further examples, see :Category:Encyclopedias of medicine.

• Kitab al-Tasrif (The Method of Medicine), by Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis)
• The Canon of Medicine, by Avicenna
• Encyclopedia of Public Health
• Medical Compendium in Seven Books by Paul of Aegina in the 7th century CE; it was the most complete medical encyclopedia in its day
• Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary

MusicEdit

• The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
• The New Grove Dictionary of Opera
• Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart

PhilosophyEdit

• Encyclopedia of Philosophy, edited by Paul Edwards.
• Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy

ScienceEdit

• Encyclopedia Astronautica - a reference website maintained by space-travel enthusiast Mark Wade
• Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry. Wiley, 2000, 15 volumes.
• Encyclopedia of Genetics
• Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS) -- owned by John Wiley & Sons -- having both a 20-volume print edition and an online edition
• Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh
• The Illustrated Science and Invention Encyclopedia
• McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology - also comes in a one-volume edition.
• The New Encyclopedia of Snakes

ReligionEdit

ChristianityEdit

• The Catholic Encyclopedia. 1907–1912 (15 vls.)
• New Catholic encyclopedia. 1967–1996 (15 vls. and 4 supplementary vls.). 2. ed. 2003 (15 vls.)
• Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche. 1930–1938 (10 vls.)
• Theologische Realenzyklopädie (TRE) Hrsg. Gerhard Müller. 38 vls.. Berlin 1977–2007.
• Encyclopædia Biblica
• Encyclopedia of Mormonism
• Encyclopedia of Christianity, John Stephen Bowden, ed., 1 vol., Oxford UP, 2006.

IslamEdit

• Encyclopaedia of Islam
• Encyclopaedia Islamica
• Encyclopaedia of Shia
• Encyclopaedia of Imam Ali
• The Hussaini Encyclopedia
• Urdu Encyclopaedia of Islam

JudaismEdit

• Encyclopaedia Judaica - published 1972-1991, second edition 2006
• Jewish Encyclopedia - published 1901-1906. Original full 12 volumes
• Talmudic Encyclopedia
• Jewish Virtual Library
• Shorter Jewish Encyclopedia in Russian - 11 volumes, published 1976-2005 in Jerusalem
• The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe - Yale UP, 2008

Social sciencesEdit

• International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences - edited by David L. Sills, New York, New York [etc.]: Macmillan, 1968
• International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences - edited by Neil Smelser and Paul Baltes, 26 vls., Elsevier, 2001
• International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences - edited by William A. Darity, Jr., Detroit [etc.]: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008

EconomicsEdit

• The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics 2nd Edition (2008)

SportsEdit

• Total Baseball, The Ultimate Baseball Encyclopedia, 2004, by John Thorn et al.
• World Sports Encyclopedia, 2003, Atena/MBI

OtherEdit

• Above and Beyond: The Encyclopedia of Aviation and Space Sciences
• Christie's World Encyclopedia of Champagne & Sparkling Wine
• Encyclopedia of Marxism - an online encyclopedia released under the GNU Free Documentation License, part of the Marxist Internet Archive.
• The Grocer's Encyclopedia
• Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft
• Larousse Gastronomique, encyclopedia of food and cooking.
• A Military Encyclopedia
• MusicBrainz - a project to create a free music encyclopedia, released under the Open Content License. The first goal is to create a database similar to CDDB.
• The Oxford Companion to Wine
• Perelman's Pocket Cyclopedia of Cigars An encyclopedia and history of (Non-Cuban) cigars and their manufacturers (also Perelman's Pocket Cyclopaedia of Havana Cigars)
• The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia

See alsoEdit

• Lists of encyclopedias
• List of encyclopedias by language (English)
• List of historical encyclopedias
• List of Internet encyclopedias

ReferencesEdit

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Last edited on 7 August 2015, at 19:13

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