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General Encyclopedias | Specialized Encyclopedias | Almanacs

General Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia Britannica

Crystal Reference Encyclopedia

Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. (2000)

Librarian's Index to the Internet - Encyclopedias
Provides a list of more online encyclopedias.

Specialized Encyclopedias

The Catholic Encyclopedia
"The Catholic Encyclopedia, as its name implies, proposes to give its readers full and authoritative information on the entire cycle of Catholic interests, action and doctrine." -- From the 1908 Preface.

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
The online version of the title by the same name. Contains over 3000 signed and peer reviewed articles on all topics in the life sciences.

Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The online version of the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, published in June 1998. Updated quarterly and covers all aspects of philosophy, including ethical and political, cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, continental and contemporary philosophy.

Access Science
A searchable online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. Access to over 7,000 encyclopedia articles and links to relevant, quality Web sites, over 2,000 biographies of scientists and articles on important news events in science and technology. Definitions for over 115,000 terms.

Ethnologue: Languages of the World
Ethnologue is a catalog of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries.

GLBTQ
An encyclopedia focused on gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer culture.

Librarian's Index to the Internet - Specialized Encyclopedias
More specialized encyclopedias.

Almanacs

Old Farmers Almanac
Selected portions of the print Old Farmer’s Almanac, published since 1792. Useful information such as tide tables, sunrise tables and planting charts, recipes, and weather forecasts.

InfoPlease
A compendium of information compiled from Information Please Almanac and other sources.

FastFacts: Almanacs/Factbooks/Statistical Reports & Related Reference Tools
Links to thousands of factual resources; compiled by librarian Gary Price.

NationMaster
A “massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations.” Also contains useful encyclopedia-style entries on many topics.

This page created and maintained by Carr Ross. Last update: December, 2004.