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Encylopedias

General Encyclopedias

Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: A rich source of answers to questions about the full range of human knowledge, with more than 25,000 alphabetical entries, covering the arts, business, computers, geography, history, literature, medicine, philosophy, politics and popular culture.
Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Published in 2000, this resource offers over 50,000 article entries, 40,000 bibliographic citations, and over 80,000 cross-reference entries.
Encyclopedia.com: Over 17,000 articles from the Electric Library.
Information Please Almanac Online: Includes an almanac, encyclopedia and dictionary.
Old Farmer's Almanac

Specialized Encyclopedias

The Artcyclopedia: Search or browse among over 6,000 artists, and find links directly within museum Web sites.
AfghanPedia: Online encyclopedia about Afghanistan.
Botany Encyclopedia of Plants
The Canadian Encyclopedia: Site provides the full text of the Canadian Encyclopedia, containing the efforts of over 3800 contributors from all parts of Canada.
The Catholic Encyclopedia
CountryReports.org: Country information from around the world.
Encyclopedia Mythica: An encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and legend.
The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval and Modern
Encyclopedia of the Orient
Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Features answers to frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian and links to Smithsonian resources.
Encyclopedia Titanica: This online resource is for anyone interested in the Titanic. You can read over 2,100 individual passenger and crew biographies, browse the regularly updated passenger and crew listings, read exclusive articles by leading historians or join in discussions about Titanic research in a message board.
Farmer's Almanac
Medical Encyclopedia: From MEDLINE plus.
Medieval World Encyclopedia
Musical Instrument Encyclopedia: Features musical instruments from around the world.
Spartacus Encyclopedia of American History 1840-1960
Spartacus Encyclopedia of British History 1700-1950
Spartacus Encyclopedia of the First World War
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
TechEncyclopedia: More than 13,000 definitions of computer terms and concepts.
AVP Virus Encyclopedia: Computer viruses and their cures listed.