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List of encyclopedias by branch of knowledge Appearance 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 standards, see List of encyclopedias.

General knowledge [edit]Catalan [edit]- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana – Catalan-language encyclopedia, started in fascicles, and published in 1968 by Edicions 62 Chinese [edit]- Encyclopedia of China - Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China – Chinese language encyclopedia completed in 1725 (10 million Chinese characters) - Yongle Encyclopedia – once contained 11,095 volumes and around 370 million Chinese characters but now contains less than 400 volumes Czech [edit]- Riegrův slovník naučný – first Czech encyclopedia published in 1860–1874 with 11 volumes, supplement vol.

in 1890, online) - Otto's encyclopedia – largest Czech-language encyclopedia published between 1888 and 1908 (28 vols) and 1930–1943 (12 vols, incomplete). Volumes 1–28 online - Příruční slovník naučný – first post-war encyclopedia. With strong communist ideology. Four volumes, 1962–1967. - Malá československá encklopedie – Small Czechoslovak encyclopedia, it was supposed to be forerunner to Great Czechoslovak encyclopedia that was never published, 6 volumes, 1984–1987.

Diderot (8 volumes, 1999–2000) - Universum (10 volumes, 1999–2001) - Czech Wikipedia (2002–) Danish [edit]Dutch [edit]- Winkler Prins – published in print between 1870 and 1993 and made available digitally to the present day - Oosthoek – published between 1907 and 1981 - Christelijke Encyclopedie – published between 1926 and 2005 - Eerste Nederlandse Systematisch Ingerichte Encyclopaedie – published between 1946 and 1952 - Standaard Encyclopedie – published between 1969 and 1974 by Standaard Uitgeverij Antwerpen - Grote Nederlandse Larousse Encyclopedie – published between 1971 and 1979 - Grote Spectrum Encyclopedie – published between 1974 and 1980 English [edit]- 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 - 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 – one-volume encyclopedia from Columbia University Press last published in 2000 - The Complete Compendium of Universal Knowledge (1891) - 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 - New American Cyclopedia – 16 volumes published between 1857 and 1866 - Nupedia – peer reviewed, open content online encyclopedia project, currently inactive - Open Site – effort inspired by, but not officially affiliated with, the Open Directory Project - Oracle Encyclopædia – five-volume encyclopedia published in 1895 - An Outline of Modern Knowledge – published in 1931 by Victor Gollancz - Pears Cyclopaedia – one-volume encyclopaedia published annually in the United Kingdom - Probert Encyclopaedia – 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 French [edit]- Découvertes Gallimard – illustrated encyclopaedia in pocket format, 588 volumes plus 150⁺ volumes of spin-offs, published 1986–present - Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers – contributed by the Encyclopédistes, edited by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert, published 1751–1772 German [edit]- Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste – very large, unfinished 19th-century encyclopaedia by Ersch and Gruber in 167 volumes - Brockhaus Enzyklopädie – best-known encyclopedia in German, online-only since 2014 - Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon – huge 18th-century encyclopedia by Johann Heinrich Zedler - Meyers Konversations-Lexikon - Oeconomische Encyclopädie – Started by Johann Georg Krünitz in 1773 and finished 1858 in 242 volumes Indonesian [edit]- Ensiklopedi Umum dalam Bahasa Indonesia – the first encyclopedia in Indonesia - Mippedia - online encyclopedia general multilingual created by a musician born in city bandung named Rumi Haitami and run and operated by Mippedia Community, an online community.

Ensiklopedia Nasional Indonesia – published from 1988 to 2004 with 400 contributors Italian [edit]- Treccani – also known as Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti Latin [edit]- Lexicon Universale – published in 1698 Lithuanian [edit]Persian [edit]- The Book of Healing – 30-volume Persian-language encyclopedia published by Avicenna (Persian: ابن سینا) in 1027 (Arabic: کتاب الشفاء Kitāb al-Šifāʾ, Latin: Sufficientia) - The Persian Encyclopedia (Persian: دایرةالمعارف فارسی) – three-volume encyclopedia edited by Gholamhossein Mosahab, partially based on the early editions of the Columbia Encyclopedia Polish [edit]- Nowe Ateny – published in 1745–1746 - Universal Encyclopedia – 1859, 28 volumes, Orgelbrand - Wielka Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN – 1962–1970, 13 volumes, PWN - Wielka Encyklopedia PWN – 2001–2005, 31 volumes, PWN Portuguese [edit]Romanian [edit]Russian [edit]- Brockhaus and Efron – imperial encyclopedia in 86 volumes - Great Soviet Encyclopedia (Большая Советская Энциклопедия) – second largest and most comprehensive encyclopedia in Russian; there were three editions; the third edition of 1969–78 contains 30 volumes - Great Russian Encyclopedia – universal Russian encyclopedia, completed in 36 volumes (2004–2017) Slovak [edit]- Slovenský náučný slovník.

3 volumes 1932. First general encyclopedia in Slovak language. - Pyramída. Published between 1971 and 1990 in journal form (224 issues). - Malá slovenská encyklopédia. 1 volume 1993 - Encyclopaedia Beliana. 20 planned volumes, 1999–, 9 volumes published as of 2021 - Všeobecný encyklopedický slovník. 2002, four volumes - Slovak Wikipedia. 2003– - Univerzum – všeobecná obrazová encyklopédia A – Ž.

1 volume, 2011 Slovenian [edit]Spanish [edit]- 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 – largest encyclopedia of its time; also known as Enciclopedia Espasa o Enciclopedia Espasa-Calpe Swedish [edit]- 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 [edit]- Anabritannica – published in Turkey and based on the Britannica Micropædia Ukrainian [edit]- Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia (Українська радянська енциклопедія) – encyclopedia in Ukrainian; its first edition was 17 volumes Multiple languages [edit]- Microsoft Encarta – computer-based encyclopedia published by Microsoft, now discontinued - Wikipedia – world's largest free encyclopedia; a project to create a comprehensive encyclopedia using wiki software Specialized encyclopedias [edit]National, regional, ethnic or cultural [edit]Australia [edit]- Australian Encyclopaedia (1925, 1958, 1977, 1983, 1988, 1996) Austria [edit]- aeiou Encyclopedia (1996ff.) Bangladesh [edit]- Banglapedia – 10 volumes published in 2003; bilingual; English and Bengali Brazil [edit]- Enciclopédia das línguas Arawak – 2020 - Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural de Arte e Cultura Brasileiras – 2001 - História Geral da Civilização Brasileira – 1960–2010 - Saga - A Grande História do Brasil – 1981 - Enciclopédia dos Municípios Piauienses – 1972 - Grandes Personagens da Nossa História – 1969 - Enciclopédia dos Municípios Brasileiros – 1957 Canada [edit]- The Canadian Encyclopedia (1985 and 1988, CD-ROM and website since, active as of 2025) - The Junior Encyclopedia of Canada (1990) Croatia [edit]- Hrvatska opća enciklopedija (started in 1999 – 7th vol.

2005 of 11) Ethiopia [edit]- Encyclopaedia Aethiopica – basic reference work for Ethiopian and Eritrean studies Germany [edit]- Deutsche Biographie (Biographical dictionary of Germans) Iceland [edit]Iran [edit]- Encyclopædia Iranica – on Iranian peoples and 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 [edit]- Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (Biographical dictionary of Italians) – Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana Malaysia [edit]- The Encyclopedia of Malaysia – published from 1998 to 2007 Morocco [edit]- Maelimat al-maghrib (Arabic: معلمة المغرب) – published between 1989 and 2006 totaling 27 volumes.

New Zealand [edit]- The Cyclopedia of New Zealand (1897–1908) – 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 [edit]- Encyklopedia Polski (Encyclopedia of Poland) – 2005, 10 volumes Portugal [edit]- Grande Dicionário Enciclopédico da Madeira (Grand Encyclopædic Dictionary of Madeira) – since 2016 - Enciclopédia Açoriana (Azorean Encyclopædia) – since 2008 - Elucidário Madeirense (Madeiran Glossary) – 1921–1940 Slovakia [edit]- Encyklopédia Slovenska.

(Encyclopedia of Slovakia) 6 volumes, 1977–1982. Slovenia [edit]- Enciklopedija Slovenije – published in 1987–2002 Sweden [edit]- Nordisk familjebok – encyclopedia in Swedish Ukraine [edit]- Encyclopedia of Ukraine – English five-volume version of the Encyclopedia of Ukrainian Studies - Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine – online version of the Encyclopedia of Ukraine[1] - Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine – multi-volume comprehensive encyclopedia about Ukraine from the 20th and 21st centuries[2] United Kingdom [edit]- The London Encyclopaedia – 1007-page reference of the city of London; pub.

1983 United States [edit]- Encyclopedia of Chicago - Encyclopedia of New Jersey - The Encyclopedia of New York City - Handbook of Texas Yugoslavia [edit]Field [edit]Art and architecture [edit]- Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World – in 3 volumes (1997) - Grove Dictionary of Art – in 34 volumes (1996) Entertainment [edit]- Allgame – comprehensive online guide to computer and video games created by All Media Guide - Allmovie – comprehensive online guide to movies created by All Media Guide - Allmusic – comprehensive online guide to music created by All Media Guide - The Aurum Film Encyclopedia - The Motion Picture Guide Environmental science [edit]- Encyclopedia of Earth (EoE) – 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 Fashion and dress [edit]- Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion – edited by Joanne B.

Mike Childs, published in 2004 - The Star Trek Encyclopedia - TV Tropes History and biography [edit]- 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 - Encyklopedia Polski - Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History - Grandes Personagens da Nossa História (Great Figures of our History) – Brazilian encyclopædia published in 1969 - Grandes Personagens da História Universal (Great Figures of World History) – Brazilian encyclopædia published in 1970 - Lexikon des Mittelalters – German encyclopedia of medieval history, published in 1980 - Oxford Classical Dictionary – despite the name, a one-volume encyclopedia for antiquity Law [edit]- American Jurisprudence - Corpus Juris Secundum - Halsbury's Laws of Australia - Halsbury's Laws of England - Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia - Encyclopedia of Law International and comparative law [edit]Library and Information Science [edit]Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences Literature [edit]- Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia - Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature - The Cambridge History of English and American Literature - The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction – first published in 1979 by John Clute and Peter Nicholls - Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature - 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 - Cyrillo-Methodian Encyclopedia of the Institute of Literature at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences from 1985 to 2003.

Kindlers Literature Encyclopedia – German encyclopedia about world literature. Online-only since 2009. - Killy Literaturlexikon – German encyclopedia of German authors. Second edition in 12 volumes from 2008 to 2011.

Mathematics [edit]- 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 - Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences - second edition published by John Wiley & Sons in 2006 - 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 [edit]- 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 [edit]- Eerste Nederlandse Pop Encyclopedie - Encyclopedia of Popular Music - The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians - International Encyclopedia of Women Composers - Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart - The New Grove Dictionary of Opera - Músicos do Brasil: Uma Enciclopédia Instrumental (Musicians of Brazil: an Instrumental Encyclopædia) Nautical [edit]Philosophy [edit]- Encyclopedia of Philosophy – edited by Paul Edwards - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy – online encyclopedia - Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – online encyclopedia Religion [edit]Christianity [edit]- Agiologio Lusitano – 17th-century (1652–1744) Portuguese encyclopædia on hagiography and ecclesiastical matters - The Catholic Encyclopedia – 1907–1912 (15 vls.) - 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) – ed. Gerhard Müller. 38 vls.; Berlin 1977–2007 - Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism – Hawthorn Books. 150 vls.; New York City 1958–1971 Islam [edit]- Encyclopaedia Islamica - Encyclopaedia of Imam Ali - Encyclopaedia of Islam - Encyclopaedia of Shia - The Hussaini Encyclopedia - Urdu Encyclopaedia of Islam or Urdu Daira Maarif Islamiya (Urdu: اردو دائرہ معارف اسلامیہ) is the largest Islamic encyclopedia published in Urdu by University of the Punjab.

Islami Bishwakosh Judaism [edit]- Encyclopaedia Judaica – published 1972–91, second edition 2006 - Jewish Encyclopedia – published 1901–06; original full 12 volumes - Shorter Jewish Encyclopedia in Russian – 11 volumes, published 1976–2005 in Jerusalem - Talmudic Encyclopedia - The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe – Yale University Press, 2008 Hinduism [edit]- Encyclopedia of Hinduism – published 2012 Science [edit]- Encyclopedia Astronautica – 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; both a 20-volume print edition and an online edition - The Illustrated Science and Invention Encyclopedia - McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology – also available in a one-volume edition - The New Encyclopedia of Snakes - Larousse Encyclopædia of Animal Life Engineering [edit]Chemical Engineering [edit]- Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry – currently in its 7th edition; first edition in German available in the public domain.

Social sciences [edit]- 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 [edit]- The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics – 2nd Edition (2008) Sports [edit]- The Baseball Encyclopedia - Total Baseball, The Ultimate Baseball Encyclopedia – 2004, by John Thorn et al.

World Sports Encyclopedia – 2003, Atena/MBI Other [edit]- Atlas of the Prehistoric World - Above and Beyond: The Encyclopedia of Aviation and Space Sciences - Christie's World Encyclopedia of Champagne & Sparkling Wine - Encyclopedia of Cybernetics - Encyclopedia of Marxism – 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 - A Military Encyclopedia - Mining Encyclopedia - MusicBrainz – 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 – encyclopedia and history of (Non-Cuban) cigars and their manufacturers (also Perelman's Pocket Cyclopaedia of Havana Cigars) - The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia - Pequena Enciclopédia de Moral e Civismo (Little Encyclopædia of Morality and Civism) – Brazilian state-sponsored school encyclopædia during the military dictatorship - Encyclopedia Recipica – Encyclopedia of Recipe See also [edit]- List of encyclopedias by language - List of encyclopedias by date - List of online encyclopedias - Lists of encyclopedias References [edit]- ^ "Home, Encyclopedia of Ukraine".

Encyclopediaofukraine.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2016. - ^ "Енциклопедія Сучасної України". Esu.com.ua. Archived from the original on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

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