This is a list of notable online encyclopedias that are accessible on the Internet.
Contents |
General reference
Site | Language | Description | Access |
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Archimedes-lab.org | English | Edutainment | Free |
Baidu Baike | Chinese | Collaborative online encyclopedia hosted by the major Chinese search engine Baidu | Free |
Banglapedia | Bengali, English | General interest | Free |
The Canadian Encyclopedia | English, French | General interest (original content of the hard copy Canadian Encyclopedia) | Free |
Citizendium | English | General interest, wiki | Free |
Columbia Encyclopedia | English | General interest | Free |
Compton's Encyclopedia | English | General interest | Free |
Conservapedia | English | Semi-open wiki written from politically right-wing and Biblical literalist perspectives | Free |
Credo Reference | English | General interest and subject-specific encyclopedias | Subscription |
Crnogorska Enciklopedija | Montenegrin | General interest (hopes to encourage a Montenegrin language Wikipedia) | Defunct |
Den Store Danske Encyklopædi | Danish | General interest | Free |
Deu Sözlük | Turkish | General interest | Free |
Digital Universe | English | Collection of articles on educational, cultural, and scientific topics | Free |
Diplopedia | English | US State Department internal encyclopedic wiki, available for diplomats and overseas US agents to use | Access only through the State Department |
Doosan Encyclopedia | Korean | General interest | Free |
EcuRed | Spanish | General interest. Cuban | Free |
Ekşi Sözlük | Turkish | General interest | Free |
Encarta | English | General interest | Defunct |
Encyclopædia Britannica | English | General interest | Limited free access and features, subscription for full access |
Encyclopædia Britannica –1911 Edition | English | General interest | Public domain: completely free access from several online sources |
Encyclopedia of China | Chinese | General interest | Subscription |
Encyklopedia Internautica | Polish | General interest | Free |
Enciclopedia Libre | Spanish | Fork of the Spanish Wikipedia, using wiki software, released under the GFDL | Free |
Enciclopedia Treccani | Italian | General interest | Free |
Encyclopædia Universalis | French | General interest encyclopedia published by Encyclopædia Britannica | Subscription |
Everything2 | English | General interest, users can submit articles on the topic of essentially anything | Free |
FAQ | English | A collection of searchable FAQs | Free |
GNUPedia | English | General interest articles are released under a GNU license | Free |
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana | Catalan | General interest | Free |
Grand Larousse encyclopédique | French | General interest | Free |
Great Soviet Encyclopedia | Russian, English | General interest, often from the former official Soviet viewpoint. | Free |
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia | English | Targeted at the younger researcher, it contains the text of the Academic American Encyclopedia | Subscription |
Holocaust Encyclopedia | English, Arabic, Persian, French, Spanish | Holocaust-related articles | Free |
Hudong | Chinese | General interest. China's largest wiki | Free |
Hutchinson Encyclopedia | English | General interest | Free |
Infoplease | English | General interest | Free |
Internetowa encyklopedia PWN | Polish | General interest | Free |
Interpedia | English | General interest, the first site to propose a free encyclopedia written by users | Defunct |
Enciklopedio Kalblanda | Esperanto | General interest. The first online Esperanto encyclopedia | Defunct |
Kdo byl kdo | Czech | Biographies on notable Czech and Slovak people | Free |
Keyinpedia | Chinese | General interest | Free |
Knol | English | General interest | Free |
Kussmaul Encyclopedia | English | General interest with emphasis on science and the arts. First commercial online encyclopedia (1981–93). | Subscription |
Marefa | Arabic | General interest | Free |
Metapedia | Hungarian, German, English, Spanish, Swedish, Romanian, Estonian, French, Slovenian, Czech, Portuguese, Norwegian, Croatian, Danish, Greek, Dutch | Far right-wing, white nationalist and neo nazi encyclopedia | Free |
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon 4. ed. 1888 - 1892 | German | General interest | Free |
Nationalencyklopedin | Swedish | General interest, the most comprehensive contemporary Swedish language encyclopedia | Subscription |
New World Encyclopedia | English | General interest | Free |
Nupedia | English | Combined with GNUpedia | Free |
Open Site | English | Categorized community-built encyclopedia, inspired by the Open Directory Project | Free |
Pakistanpaedia | English | Based on information related to Pakistan | Free |
Private Sözlük | Turkish | Collaborative hypertext Turkish dictionary and encyclopedia site that shares a similar concept with Everything2 or H2G2 | Free |
Probert Encyclopaedia | English | General interest | Free |
Proleksis Encyclopedia | Croatian | General and national encyclopedia | Free with registration |
Quid | French | General interest | Free |
RationalWiki | English | Created to analyze and refute what the site describes as "pseudoscience", the "anti-science movement", and "crank ideas".[1][2] | Free |
Sarvavijnanakosam | Malayalam | General interest | Free |
Scholarpedia | English | Articles are written by scholars and peer-reviewed for accuracy | Free |
Store norske leksikon | Norwegian (Bokmål) | General interest | Free |
Superpedia | Bahasa Indonesia | Indonesian, based on MediaWiki | Free |
Susning.nu | Swedish | A Swedish language wiki 2001–2009 | Defunct |
Từ điển Bách khoa toàn thư Việt Nam | Vietnamese | General interest. State-sponsored encyclopedia. | Free |
Veropedia | English, Dutch, Spanish | Mirrors stable versions of selected English Wikipedia articles | Defunct |
Vikidia | French, Spanish | Articles designed for children ages 8–13 | Free |
WIEM Encyklopedia | Polish | General interest | Free |
Wikipedia | See list here | General interest wiki | Free, copyleft |
Winkler Prins encyclopedie | Dutch | General interest, three different age levels | Subscription |
World Book Encyclopedia | English | General interest | Subscription |
Wikinfo | English | Holds multiple articles on subjects from different points of view | Free |
Zuhlool | Arabic | An Arabic language wiki | Free |
Tamil Encyclopedia | Tamil | General Interest | Free |
Biography
Site | Language | Description | Access |
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Australian Dictionary of Biography | English | Entries on notable Australians who have died | Free |
Dictionary of Canadian Biography | English, French | Entries on notable Canadians | Free |
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology | English | Focuses on topics dealing with Greek and Roman mythology and people | Free |
Dictionary of National Biography | English | Comprehensive 66-volume reference work on notable figures from British history in every profession from politics to art | Subscription |
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography | English, Māori | Entries on notable New Zealanders who have died | Free |
glbtq.com | English | Entries on notable homosexuals | Free |
MacTutor History of Mathematics archive | English | Biographies of mathematicians | Free |
MyWikiBiz | English | A wiki encyclopedia that allows people and enterprises to write about themselves | Free |
Who's Who | English | General biographies, mainly of British people | Subscription |
Classical antiquities, arts, and literature
Site | Language | Description | Access |
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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities | English | Incorporates text from the 19th century encyclopedia of the same name. Focuses on topics of cultural and historical Greek and Roman significance. | Free |
Encyclopedia Mythica | English | Contains articles on mythology, folklore, and religion | Free |
Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities | English | Covers subjects of classical antiquity | Free |
The Literary Encyclopedia | English | Literature related articles | Subscription |
SIKART | English, German, French, Italian | Biographical dictionary and database of Swiss visual art | Free |
Culture and country-specific
Site | Language | Description | Access |
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Aeiou Encyclopedia | German, English | Online database of Austrian culture | Free |
Encyclopedia of Alabama | English | Articles on the state of Alabama | Free |
Encyclopedia of Arkansas | English | A project of the Central Arkansas Library System and is the only U.S. state encyclopedia sponsored by a public library | Free |
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography | English | Focuses on topic relating to Greek and Roman geography | Free |
Encyclopædia Iranica | English, plans for a future Persian version | Topics on the influence of the Iranian peoples throughout history | Free |
Encyclopedia of Korean Culture | Korean | Korea-related topics | Free |
Gazetteer for Scotland | English | Articles on the geography and locations of Scotland | Free |
Jewish Encyclopedia | English | The state of Judaism and the Jews (as of 1901) | Free, Public domain |
Jewish Virtual Library | English | Portals to essential Jewish topics | Free |
Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan | English | Comprehensive articles on Japanese arts and culture, history and politics, etc. | Subscription |
Looklex Encyclopaedia (about) | English (based in Norway) | Middle East and North African topics (known as CiAS 1996-1999) | Free |
New Georgia Encyclopedia | English | Articles on the U.S. state Georgia | Free |
Oregon Blue Book | English | Articles pertaining to Oregon | Free |
The Oregon Encyclopedia | English | Articles pertaining to Oregon | Free |
Panyathai | Thai, limited English | General interest. Designed to honor the Thai king Bhumibol Adulyadej | Free |
TAGIPEDIA | Arabic, English | Articles on Arab heritage and content | Free with registration |
Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand | English, Māori | The New Zealand government site with content on the country | Free |
Encyclopedia of Ukraine | English | Ukraine related articles | Free |
Venciclopedia | Spanish | Articles on Venezuelan topics | Free |
Encyclopedia Virginia | English | Articles on Virginia's history and culture | Free |
Wikanda | Spanish | Andalusian encyclopedia | Free |
Pop culture and fiction
Site | Language | Description | Access |
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Don Markstein's Toonopedia | English | Focuses on articles pertaining to print and animated cartoons | Free |
Fringepedia | English | Contains articles pertaining to the American television drama Fringe. | Free |
H2G2 | English | Collection of sometimes humorous encyclopedia articles, based on Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. | Free |
Heroes Wiki | English, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish | Contains articles pertaining to the American television drama Heroes. | Free |
Lostpedia | English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese | Contains articles pertaining to the hit drama Lost | Free |
Memory Alpha | English, Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, Esperanto, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish and Swedish | Articles about Star Trek | Free |
The Rocklopedia Fakebandica | English | Articles on fake bands from popular entertainment | Free |
TV Tropes | English, German, Esperanto, Spanish, French, Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, Al Bhed, Quenya | Articles related to the devices and conventions that a fiction writer can reasonably rely on as being present in the audience members' minds and expectations | Free |
Wookieepedia | English, German, Spanish, Bulgarian, Danish, Finnish, French, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Chinese | Star Wars-related articles | Free |
WoWWiki | English, German, Spanish, French, Czech, Danish, Greek, Persian, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Dutch, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Korean, Japanese, Chinese | World of Warcraft-related articles | Free |
Wowpedia | English, Spanish, French, Czech, Russian | World of Warcraft and Warcraft Universe -related articles | Free |
Mathematics
Site | Language | Description | Access |
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Cut-the-knot | English | Mathematics related topics | Free |
Encyclopedia of Mathematics | English | Encompasses articles on the topic of mathematics | Free |
EqWorld | English, Russian | Articles on mathematical equations | Free |
MathWorld | English | Articles on a wide variety of math related topics | Free |
On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences | English | Encyclopedia of number sequences (what is next term after 1,2,4,9,20,48,115, ..., say?) | Free |
PlanetMath | English | Math related topics and articles | Free/GNU |
The QED Project | English | A project to establish a "distributed, computerized repository that rigorously represents all important, established mathematical knowledge." | Free |
Music
Site | Language | Description | Access |
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Allmusic | English | Music-related topics | Retail sites |
Babyblaue Seiten | German | German encyclopedia of progressive rock with album reviews | Free |
Discogs | English | Database of audio releases | Free |
Encyclopaedia Metallum | English | Archives of heavy metal bands | Free |
LyricWiki | English | Encyclopedic database of song lyrics | Free |
MetalBandWiki | English | Articles on all metal music, musicians, musical instruments used in metal, and articles related to those bands and musicians | Free |
MOOMA | Hebrew | Articles on Israeli music and musical artists | Free |
MusicBrainz | English | Database of audio albums | Free |
MusicMight | English | Bio- and discographies of rock bands | Free |
Prog Archives | English | Comprehensive community-created artist info and album reviews database especially of progressive rock music | Free |
Philosophy
Site | Language | Description | Access |
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Encyclopedia of Marxism | multi-lingual | Topics related to the study of Marxism | Free |
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy | English | Philosophy related articles | Free |
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy | English | Philosophy articles | Subscription |
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy | English | Philosophy subjects | Free |
Politics and history
Site | Language | Description | Access |
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Campaigns Wikia | English | Political issues and campaigns | Free |
Congresspedia | English | Seeks to improve on public information through articles about US Congress specifics | Free |
Cyclopaedia of Political Science | English | Articles pertaining to science, economics, and American authors. The 1899 edition is available online | Free |
dKosopedia | English | A political encyclopedia written from a left/progressive/liberal/Democratic point of view | Free |
Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential | English | Presents articles on perceived human problems | Free |
HistoryLink | English | Articles on the history of Washington State | Free |
JurisPedia | Arabic, English, Chinese, French, German, Spanish, Dutch | An academic encyclopedia on the concepts of law | Free |
Religion and theology
Site | Language | Description | Access |
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Boston Collaborative Encyclopedia of Western Theology | English | Articles on Western Christian theology | Free, Public domain |
Catholic Encyclopedia | English | Topics relating to Catholicism | Free, Public domain |
Christian Cyclopedia | English | A collection of historical and theological information | Free |
Easton's Bible Dictionary | English | Articles on Christianity and theology | Free, Public Domain |
Encyclopaedia Biblica | English | Contains articles pertaining to "the Literary, Political and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible"[3] | Free |
Encyclopedia of Mormonism | English | Articles by Mormon academics on history and doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon or LDS Church). | Free |
Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online | English | Topics relating to Anabaptism and Mennonites | Free |
Jewish Encyclopedia | English | Topics relating to Judaism | Free |
New Advent | English | Articles on Catholicism and apologetics | Free |
Science
Site | Language | Description | Access |
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APpedia | Chinese | Contains articles on the subject of general animal protection | Free |
Encyclopedia Astronautica | English | Contains articles on the subject of space exploration and astronomy | Free |
Encyclopedia of Earth | English | Articles on the Earth and its ecosystems | Free |
Javapedia | English | Coverage of all topics related to the Java platform | Free |
ScienceWorld | English | Covers astronomy, scientific biography, chemistry, and physics. Like MathWorld, it is edited by Eric Weisstein. | Free |
Biology-Life science
Site | Language | Description | Access |
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Animal Diversity Web | English | Student wiki-type database at the University of Michigan of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology. | Free |
ARKive | English | Visual and audio recordings of the world's species | Free |
Encyclopedia of Life | English, French | Seeks to categorize all 1.8 million known species on the planet | Free |
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences | English | Biology related articles | Subscription |
Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems | English | Articles about the natural and social sciences | Subscription |
Erowid | English | Information about psychoactive substances | Free |
FishBase | English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Chinese (Simplified Han), Chinese (Traditional Han), Bahasa Malay, Indonesian, Greek, Swedish, Russian, Persian, Vietnamese, Thai, Lao, Hindi, Bengali | Articles on fish species | Free |
Flora Europaea | English | Covers different plant species | Free |
Macroscopic Observatory | English | Covers Flora and Fauna | Free |
Palaeos | English | Covers palaeontology | Free |
The Plant List | English | Covers Flora | Free |
Wikispecies | English | Seeks to create a catalogue of all living things | Free |
Medicine and surgery
At least 70 online medical wiki encyclopedias has been created.[4] Some include:
Site | Language | Description | Access |
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Ganfyd | English | Medical content | Free |
Medcyclopaedia | English | Articles on medical imaging used in radiology and radiography | Free |
Medpedia | English | Medical content | Free |
Radiopaedia | English | Articles on medical imaging used in radiology and radiography | Free |
WikiLectures | English | Study materials for medical students | Free |
WikiSkripta | Czech | Study materials for medical students | Free |
WikiSurgery | English | Surgical content | Free |
See also
- List of academic databases and search engines
- List of blogs
- List of encyclopedias by branch of knowledge
- List of online databases
- List of online dictionaries
- List of wikis
- List of Danish online encyclopedic resources
References
- ^ http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Template:RationalWiki_MainPage/About
- ^ "Conservapedia touted as 'a conservative encyclopedia'". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Los Angeles Times (Trib Total Media). http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_513929.html. Retrieved 22 April 2012. "After administrators blocked their accounts, Lipson and several other editors quit trying to moderate the articles and instead started their own Web site, RationalWiki.com. From there, they monitor Conservapedia."
- ^ Encyclopaedia Biblica
- ^ Heilman JM, Kemmann E, Bonert M, et al. (2011). "Wikipedia: a key tool for global public health promotion". J. Med. Internet Res. 13 (1): e14. doi:10.2196/jmir.1589. . PMID 21282098. http://www.jmir.org/2011/1/e14/.