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Online Encyclopedias
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by Dmitry Sokolov 5 years, 11 months ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_encyclopedias
This is a list of encyclopedias accessible on the Internet.
General reference
| Site | Language | Description | Access |
|---|
| Baidu Baike |
Chinese |
Collaborative online encyclopedia hosted by the major Chinese search engine Baidu |
Free |
| The Canadian Encyclopedia |
English, French |
General interest (original content of the hard copy Canadian Encyclopedia) |
Free |
| Citizendium |
English |
General interest, wiki |
Free, copyleft |
| Columbia Encyclopedia |
English |
General interest |
Free |
| Conservapedia |
English |
American conservative and Christian interests |
Free |
| Crnogorska Enciklopedija |
Montenegrin |
General interest (hopes to encourage a Montenegrin language Wikipedia) |
Defunct |
| Croatian Encyclopedia |
Croatian |
General and national encyclopedia |
Free |
| Den Store Danske Encyklopædi |
Danish |
General interest |
Free |
| Digital Universe |
English |
Collection of articles on educational, cultural, and scientific topics |
Free |
| Doosan Encyclopedia |
Korean |
General interest |
Free |
| EcuRed |
Spanish |
General interest. Cuban |
Free |
| Ekşi Sözlük |
Turkish |
General interest |
Free |
| Emojipedia |
English |
Emoji |
|
| Encarta |
English |
General interest |
Defunct |
| Enciclonet |
Spanish |
General interest |
Limited free access and features, subscription for full access |
| Encyclopædia Britannica |
English |
General interest |
Limited free access and features, subscription for full access |
| Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition |
English |
General interest |
Public domain: completely free access from several online sources |
| Encyclopedia.com |
English |
General interest |
Free |
| Encyclopedia of China |
Chinese |
General interest |
Subscription |
| Encyklopedia Internautica |
Polish |
General interest |
Free |
| Enciclopedia Italiana di scienze, lettere ed arti |
Italian |
General interest. Published by the Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani |
Free |
| Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Español |
Spanish |
Fork of the Spanish Wikipedia, using wiki software, released under the GFDL |
Free, copyleft |
| Encyclopedia Sindhiana |
Sindhi |
General interest |
Limited free access and features |
| Encyclopædia Universalis |
French |
General interest encyclopedia published by Encyclopædia Britannica |
Subscription |
| Everipedia |
English[1] |
The site lets editors to create any page any topic[1] and anyone can edit a page by creating a free account.[2] |
Free[2] |
| Everything2 |
English |
General interest, users can submit articles on the topic of essentially anything |
Free |
| GNE |
English |
General interest articles are released under a GNU license. Formerly GNUpedia. |
Defunct |
| 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 |
| Hamichlol |
Hebrew, English |
General interest, designed for Haredim |
Free. Copyleft: mirror of Wikipedia content; copyright: original content. |
| Hudong |
Chinese |
General interest. China's largest wiki |
Free |
| Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy |
English |
Peer-reviewed encyclopedia on history and philosophy |
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 (merged into Esperanto Wikipedia) |
| Know Your Meme |
English |
A website and video series which uses wiki software to document various Internet memes and other online phenomena, such as viral videos, image macros, catchphrases, and internet celebrities.[3][4] |
Free |
| Krugosvet (Rus. Кругосвет) |
Russian |
General interest. |
Free |
| Marathi Vishwakosh |
Marathi |
General Interest |
Free |
| Marefa |
Arabic |
General interest |
Free |
| Mawdoo3 |
Arabic |
General interest |
Free |
| Metapedia |
Hungarian, German, English, Spanish, Swedish, Romanian, Estonian, French, Slovenian, Czech, Portuguese, Norwegian, 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, comprehensive |
Subscription |
| Nupedia |
English |
Combined with GNUpedia |
Defunct |
| Open Site |
English |
Categorized community-built encyclopedia, inspired by the Open Directory Project |
No longer an encyclopedia |
| Probert Encyclopaedia |
English |
General interest |
Defunct |
| Proleksis Encyclopedia |
Croatian |
General and national encyclopedia |
Free with registration |
| Rationalwiki |
English |
Skeptical interests |
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 |
| Susning.nu |
Swedish |
A Swedish language wiki 2001–2009 |
Defunct |
| Tamil Encyclopedia |
Tamil |
General Interest |
Free |
| 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 |
| WIEM Encyklopedia |
Polish |
General interest |
Free |
| Wikipedia |
Various (see list here) |
General interest, wiki |
Free, copyleft |
| Winkler Prins |
Dutch |
General interest, three different age levels |
Subscription |
| World Book Encyclopedia |
English |
General interest |
Subscription |
Biography
Antiquities, arts, and literature
Regional interest
| Site | Language | Description | Access |
|---|
| 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 |
Project of the Central Arkansas Library System and is the only U.S. state encyclopedia sponsored by a public library |
Free |
| Banglapedia |
Bengali, English |
Bangladesh-related topics |
Free |
| Chalo Chatu |
English |
Collaborative online encyclopedia hosted by Chalochatu Foundation. Features comprehensive articles on Zambian culture and history, etc. |
Free |
| Dictionary of Sydney |
English |
Articles on the history and culture of Sydney, Australia |
Free |
| Encyclopaedia of Islam, 3rd edition |
English |
About the Islamic world, not a Muslim encyclopaedia |
Subscription |
| 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 |
| Encyclopedia of Ukraine |
English and Ukrainian |
Ukraine related articles |
Free |
| Gazetteer for Scotland |
English |
Articles on the geography and locations of Scotland |
Free |
| Handbook of Texas |
English |
Articles on the U.S. State of Texas |
Free |
| Historical Dictionary of Switzerland |
French, German and Italian |
Articles on the history of Switzerland. |
Free (without illustrations) |
| HistoryLink |
English |
Articles pertaining to Washington state history |
Free |
| Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan |
English |
Comprehensive articles on Japanese arts and culture, history and politics, etc. |
Subscription |
| Looklex Encyclopaedia |
English (based in Norway) |
Middle East and North African topics (known as CiAS 1996-1999) |
Free |
| MNopedia |
English |
Published by the Minnesota Historical Society |
Free |
| New Georgia Encyclopedia |
English |
Articles on the U.S. state Georgia |
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 |
| Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand |
English, Māori |
The New Zealand government site with content on the country |
Free |
| Vienna History Wiki |
German |
Articles on the history of the city of Vienna, Austria. Includes 31,000 entries from the 2nd edition of Historisches Lexikon Wien. |
Free |
Pop culture and fiction
| Site | Language | Description | Access |
|---|
| 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, Swedish |
Articles about Star Trek |
Free |
| The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction |
English |
Authors, books, films of SF |
Free |
| The Rocklopedia Fakebandica |
English |
Articles on fake bands from popular entertainment |
Free |
| Supernatural Wiki |
English |
Contains articles pertaining to the American television drama Supernatural. |
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 |
| Uncyclopedia |
Multilingual |
Humour encyclopedia |
Free |
| The Vault / Nukapedia |
English, German, Spanish, Bulgarian, Finnish, French, Georgian, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Chinese |
Fallout-related articles |
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 |
Mathematics
Music
Philosophy
Politics and history
| Site | Language | Description | Access |
|---|
| Ballotpedia |
English |
American politics, elections, and public policy |
Free |
| The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics |
English |
Economics – part of the Library of Economics and Liberty. Edited by David R. Henderson |
Free |
| Cyclopaedia of Political Science |
English |
Articles pertaining to science, economics, and American authors. The 1899 edition is available online |
Free |
| Diplopedia |
English |
US State Department internal encyclopedic wiki, available for diplomats and overseas US agents to use |
Access only through the State Department |
| dKosopedia |
English |
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 |
| Gapminder |
English |
Historical global trends in health, poverty, and demographics |
Free |
| glbtq.com |
English |
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer culture. |
Free |
| HistoryLink |
English |
Articles on the history of Washington State |
Free |
| Holocaust Encyclopedia |
English, Arabic, Persian, French, Spanish |
Holocaust-related articles, published by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum |
Free |
| JurisPedia |
Arabic, English, Chinese, French, German, Spanish, Dutch |
An academic encyclopedia on the concepts of law |
Free |
| OurWorldInData |
English |
Global trends on economic growth, poverty, health, war, violence, education and demographics |
Free |
Religion and theology
Science and technology
| Site | Language | Description | Access |
|---|
| 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 |
| Encyclopedia of Laser Physics and Technology |
English |
Laser technology, photonics, and related areas such as optical fibers and ultrashort pulses. |
Free |
| Encyclopedia of Science |
English |
A-to-Z of science (and technology, mathematics, philosophy, etc.) maintained and updated daily by astronomer/author David Darling |
Free |
| Engineering and Technology History Wiki |
English |
The history of technology, a partnership between the United Engineering Foundation, and the AIChE, AIME, ASCE, ASME, IEEE, SPE, and SWE |
Free |
| Javapedia |
English |
Coverage of all topics related to the Java platform |
Free |
| Omniglot |
English |
Covers languages and writing systems. |
Free |
| ScienceWorld |
English |
Covers astronomy, scientific biography, chemistry, and physics. Like MathWorld, it is edited by Eric Weisstein. |
Free |
Life sciences
| Site | Language | Description | Access |
|---|
| Animal Diversity Web |
English |
Student wiki-type database at the University of Michigan of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology. |
Free |
| APpedia |
Chinese |
Contains articles on the subject of general animal protection |
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), Greek,
Swedish, Russian, Persian, Vietnamese, Thai, Lao, Hindi, Bengali
|
Articles on fish species |
Free |
| Flora Europaea |
English |
Covers different plant species |
Free |
| Ganfyd |
English |
Medical content |
Free |
| King Abdullah Abdul Aziz Health Encyclopedia |
Arabic, English |
Health encyclopedia |
Free |
| Palaeos |
English |
Covers palaeontology |
Free |
| The Plant List |
English |
Covers Flora |
Free |
| Radiopaedia |
English |
Articles on medical imaging used in radiology and radiography |
Free |
| Wikispecies |
English |
Seeks to create a catalogue of all living things |
Free |
| ZipcodeZoo |
English |
Encyclopedia of all living things |
Free |
Links
See also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Online_encyclopedias
Subcategories
C
` Chinese online encyclopedias (1 C, 6 P)
`F
` Free online encyclopedias (2 C, 68 P)
`M
` MusicBrainz (3 P, 1 F)
`O
` On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (2 P)
`W
`Wikipedia-derived encyclopedias (1 C, 4 P)
Pages
` Online encyclopedia
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` List of online encyclopedias
`0–9
` 1914-1918-online
`A
` ACE Electoral Knowledge Network
Africa.com
Agent*In
Agropedia
AllMovie
Arab Encyclopedia
ARKive
List of art reference books
Astrodatabank
`B
` Ballotpedia
Banglapedia
BBC Domesday Reloaded
BFI Film & TV Database
Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich
Bivouac Mountain Encyclopedia
`C
` The Canadian Encyclopedia
Catalogue of Life
Catawiki
Catholic Encyclopedia
Chalo Chatu
Encyclopedia of Chicago
Chinese Encyclopedia (online)
Christian Cyclopedia
Columbia Encyclopedia
Comiclopedia
Credo Reference
Crnogorska Enciklopedija
Croatian Biographical Lexicon
Culinary Heritage of Switzerland
Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States
`D
` DBCult Film Institute
De Imperatoribus Romanis
Deletionpedia
Diccionario enciclopédico hispano-americano de literatura, ciencias y artes
Dictionary of Art Historians
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Don Markstein's Toonopedia
Doosan Encyclopedia
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
`E
` Encarta
Enciclonet
Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Español
Enciklopedio Kalblanda
Encyclopaedia Biblica
Encyclopædia Britannica
Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Encyclopaedia Islamica
Encyclopaedia Metallum
The Encyclopaedia of Korea
Encyclopædia Universalis
Encyclopedia Astronautica
Encyclopedia Mythica
Encyclopedia of Alabama
Encyclopedia of Appalachia
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
Encyclopedia of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil
Encyclopedia of Korean Culture
Encyclopedia of Laser Physics and Technology
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems
Encyclopedia of Mathematics
Encyclopedia Sindhiana
Encyclopedia Titanica
Encyclopedia.com
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Vietnam
European NAvigator
Everipedia
Everything2
`F
` Filmportal.de
FishBase
Flora Europaea
Fringepedia
`G
` Ganfyd
Gazetteer for Scotland
Genius (website)
Global Arabic Encyclopedia
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
Global World Encyclopedia
Grand Larousse encyclopédique
Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Grolier
`H
` H2g2
Halsbury's Statutes
Hamichlol
Handbook of Texas
Heibonsha World Encyclopedia
Heroes Wiki
Historisches Lexikon Bayerns
The History of Nordic Women's Literature
HistoryLink
Holocaust Encyclopedia
The Hussaini Encyclopedia
Hutchinson Encyclopedia
`I
` Ichpedia
The Interactive Encyclopedia System
Interpedia
Investopedia
Encyclopædia Iranica
Izbornyk
`J
` Java.net
Jewish Encyclopedia
Jewish Virtual Library
JurisPedia
`K
` Kdo byl kdo
King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Arabic Health Encyclopedia
Know Your Meme
Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan
`L
` Lambiek
LarvalBase
List of medical wikis
The Literary Encyclopedia (English)
Luminous-Lint
Lurkmore
`M
` Maharashtriya Jnanakosha
MathWorld
Mawdoo3
Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law
Medcyclopaedia
Memory Alpha
Metapedia
MOOMA
Munzinger-Archiv
`N
` National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan
Nationalencyklopedin
Neotropical Birds Online
New Advent
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Nukapedia
Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana
`O
` Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence
The Oregon Encyclopedia
The Originals (website)
Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950
OVO (video encyclopedia)
Oxford Art Online
Oxford Bibliographies Online
`P
` Panyathai
Plastipedia
Pornopedia
Probert Encyclopaedia
Proleksis Encyclopedia
Proteopedia
Punjabipedia
`Q
` Quid (encyclopedia)
`R
` Rightpedia
The Rocklopedia Fakebandica
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
`S
` Sarvavijnanakosam
Scholarpedia
Scratch Wiki
SeaLifeBase
SIKART
SoundUnwound
Stadtwiki Karlsruhe
Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia
Supernatural Wiki
Superpedia
Susning.nu
`T
` Tamil Encyclopedia
Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
Twick.it
`U
` Urdu Wikipedia
`V
` The Vault (wiki)
Vienna History Wiki
Vinopedia.hr
Vogue Encyclo
`W
` Whole Wheat Radio
WIEM Encyklopedia
WikiArt
Wikicollecting
WikiShia
Wookieepedia
World Book Encyclopedia
Wowpedia
WoWWiki
`Y
` The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe
`Z
` ZipcodeZoo
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