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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.

Contents

Arabic

  • The Book of Healing – a 30-volume Arabic-language encyclopedia published by Avicenna in 1027

    • Catalan

  • Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana – Catalan-language encyclopedia, started in fascicles, and published in 1968 by Edicions 62

    • Chinese

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

    • Czech

  • Otto's encyclopedia – the largest Czech-language encyclopedia published between 1888–1908 and 1930–43

    • Danish

  • Den Store Danske Encyklopædi

    • English

  • 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 1908–64 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
  • Encyclopædia Britannica – one of the best-known encyclopedias in English, online only since 2010
  • Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite – DVD version of Encyclopædia Britannica
  • Encyclopædia Metropolitana – 39 volumes in 59 parts published between 1817 and 1845
  • Encyclopedia Americana – both a print work and currently a part of Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
  • English Cyclopaedia – 23 volumes, published 1854–1862
  • English Encyclopaedia – 10 volumes, published in 1802
  • Everybody's Enquire Within – an 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 – a collaborative Web-based database of interlinked user-submitted articles
  • Funk & Wagnalls Standard Encyclopedia – first published in 1912; changed its name to Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Encyclopedia in 1931
  • Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia – an electronic encyclopedia published by Grolier
  • Groliers Encyclopedia
  • Harmsworth's Universal Encyclopaedia – edited by John Alexander Hammerton and published 1921–22
  • Hutchinson Encyclopedia – single-volume work first published in 1948
  • Microsoft Encarta – discontinued computer-based encyclopedia published by Microsoft, now discontinued
  • 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; the world's best selling print encyclopedia

    • German

  • 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

    • Italian

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

    • Latin

  • Lexicon Universale – published in 1698

    • Persian

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

    • Polish

  • Wielka Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN – 13 volumes, 1962–70; the largest encyclopedia to date in Polish
  • Wielka Encyklopedia PWN – 2001–05, the successor to the WEP PWN; larger and more objective; is currently being finished

    • Russian

  • Brockhaus and Efron – imperial encyclopedia in 86 volumes
  • Great Soviet Encyclopedia (Большая Советская Энциклопедия) – the second largest and most comprehensive encyclopedia in Russian; there were three editions; the third edition of 1969–78 contains 30 volumes

    • Slovenian

  • Enciklopedija Slovenije

    • Spanish

  • 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

    • Swedish

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

    • Turkish

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

    • Ukrainian

  • Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia (Українська радянська енциклопедія) – an encyclopedia in Ukrainian; its first edition was 17 volumes

    • Multiple languages

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

    • Australia

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

    • Austria

  • aeiou Encyclopedia (1996ff.)

    • Bangladesh

  • Banglapedia – in 10 volumes published in 2003; bilingual; English and Bengali

    • Canada

  • The Canadian Encyclopedia (1985 and 1988)

    • Croatia

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

    • Ethiopia

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

    • Iceland

  • Icelandic Encyclopedia A-Ö

    • Iran

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

    • Italy

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

    • Malaysia

  • The Encyclopedia of Malaysia – published from 1998 to 2007

    • New Zealand

  • The Cyclopedia of New Zealand (1897–08) – 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: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand (2005–) – official, incorporating the full text of An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand

    • Poland

  • Encyklopedia Polski (Encyclopedia of Poland)
  • Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN (PWN Universal Encyclopedia)

    • Slovenia

  • Enciklopedija Slovenije – published in 1987–2002

    • Sweden

  • Nordisk familjebok – encyclopedia in Swedish

    • Ukraine

  • Encyclopedia of Ukraine – the English five-volume version of the Encyclopedia of Ukrainian Studies
  • Encyclopedia of Ukrainian Studies – encyclopedia in Ukrainian; a fundamental work of Ukrainian studies (three volumes of the general part and ten volumes of the dictionary part)
  • Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine – the online version of the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
  • Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine – a multi-volume comprehensive encyclopedia about Ukraine from the 20th and 21th centuries
  • Ukraine. A Concise Encyclopaedia – a two-volume set, published by University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
  • Historical Dictionary of Ukraine – 2nd Revised Edition; by Nebesio, Bohdan Y., Kohut Zenon E. Yurkevich, Myroslav, and Ivan Katchanovski; Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2013; 914 pp
  • Encyclopedia of Rusyn History and Culture – I. Pop, P. Magocsi, et al.; Toronto, 2002
  • Ukraine Exporting to EU Encyclopaedia under the DCFTA – Mark Hellyer, Sergey Nerpii, Valeriy Piatnytskyi; Harrow: CTA Economic & Export Analysts Ltd, 2015; 1682 p; ISBN 978-0-9512291-2-5

    • United Kingdom

  • The London Encyclopaedia – 1007-page reference of the city of London; pub. 1983

    • United States of America

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

    • Yugoslavia

  • Enciklopedija Jugoslavije
  • Opća enciklopedija JLZ (1977–82)

    • Art and architecture

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

    • Entertainment

  • 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 science

  • Appropedia – a wiki website for collaborative solutions in sustainability, poverty reduction and International development, with a particular focus on appropriate technology
  • 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
  • Waterpedia – a wiki-based, openly editable, free-content, collaborative, environmental encyclopedia project initiated by the people, for the people in the environment and sustainability sector

    • Fashion and dress

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

    • Fiction

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

    • History and biography

  • African American National Biography
  • Africana – The Encyclopedia of the African and African-American Experience
  • American National Biography
  • Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography – 19th-century American encyclopedia
  • Conspiracy Encyclopedia
  • An Encyclopedia of World History – single-volume work; First Edition, 1940; Sixth Edition, 2001
  • 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
  • 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

    • Law

  • American Jurisprudence
  • Arabic Legislations Encyclopedia
  • Corpus Juris Secundum
  • Halsbury's Laws of Australia
  • Halsbury's Laws of England
  • Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia
    • International and comparative law
  • Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law

    • Literature

  • Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia
  • Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature
  • The Cambridge History of English and American Literature
  • Electronic Library of Ukrainian Literature – established under the auspices of the Institute of Encyclopedic Research, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
  • The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction – first published in 1979 by John Clute and Peter Nicholls
  • Literary Encyclopedia (Литературная энциклопедия) – 11 volumes, 1929–39 (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
  • Soviet Concise Literary Encyclopedia – Soviet-era encyclopedia of literature; 9 volumes published between 1962 and 1978

    • Mathematics

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

    • 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

    • Music

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

    • Philosophy

  • Encyclopedia of Philosophy – edited by Paul Edwards
  • Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    • Religion

    Christianity
  • The Catholic Encyclopedia – 1907–12 (15 vls.)
  • Christian Encyclopaedia of India – 1973–2009 (3 vls.) Ed. George Menachery
  • Encyclopædia Biblica
  • Encyclopedia of Christianity – John Stephen Bowden, ed., 1 vol., Oxford UP, 2006
  • Encyclopedia of Mormonism
  • Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche – 1930–38 (10 vls.)
  • New Catholic encyclopedia – 1967–96 (15 vls. and 4 supplementary vls.); 2. ed. 2003 (15 vls.)
  • Theologische Realenzyklopädie (TRE) – Hrsg. Gerhard Müller. 38 vls.; Berlin 1977–2007
    • Islam
  • Encyclopaedia Islamica
  • Encyclopaedia of Imam Ali
  • Encyclopaedia of Islam
  • Encyclopaedia of Shia
  • The Hussaini Encyclopedia
  • Urdu Encyclopaedia of Islam
    • Judaism
  • Encyclopaedia Judaica – published 1972–91, second edition 2006
  • Jewish Encyclopedia – published 1901–06; original full 12 volumes
  • Jewish Virtual Library
  • Shorter Jewish Encyclopedia in Russian – 11 volumes, published 1976–2005 in Jerusalem
  • Talmudic Encyclopedia
  • The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe – Yale UP, 2008

    • Science

  • Encyclopedia Astronautica – a reference website maintained by space-travel enthusiast Mark Wade
  • Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry – Wiley, 2000, 15 volumes
  • Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh
  • Encyclopedia of Genetics
  • Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS) – owned by John Wiley & Sons; has both a 20-volume print edition and an online edition
  • 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

    • Social sciences

  • 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 David L. Sills, New York, New York (etc.); Macmillan, 1968
  • International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences – edited by William A. Darity, Jr., Detroit (etc); Macmillan Reference USA, 2008
    • Economics
  • The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics – 2nd Edition (2008)
  • The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics (online). Published by Liberty Fund, David R. Henderson, ed.

    • Sports

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

    • Other

  • 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
  • The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism. SAGE; Cato Institute. 2008. ISBN 978-1-4129-6580-4.  Ronald Hamowy, editor
  • 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

    • References

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